4chan refuses to pay UK Online Safety Act fines, asks Trump admin to intervene

Ars Technica
By Jon BrodkinAug 22, 2025, 3:04 pm159 pts
A lawyer for 4chan said the imageboard website's operators will refuse to pay fines levied under the UK's Online Safety Act. "Ofcom's notices create no legal obligations in the United States," lawyer Preston Byrne told the BBC, according to an article yesterday. Byrne said the UK regulator's investigation into…

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