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The threats of demanding the handing over of revenue by ofcom mean nothing. Offenders outside the UK just laugh and ridicule at the demands or block uk traffic
by whywhywhywhy 8mo ago
The threats of demanding the handing over of revenue by ofcom mean nothing. Offenders outside the UK just laugh and ridicule at the demands or block uk traffic which uk people can bypass with a VPN. They have no power to enforce the demands.
You’d have to essentially police all VPN use beyond China levels to get the worst offenders of this.
- pjc50 8mo agoI think the UK is capable of suing a US-based publicly traded corporation. It's not like they're hiding. (keyword appears to be Recognition Acts: https://www.uniformlaws.org/committees/community-home?CommunityKey=ae280c30-094a-4d8f-b722-8dcd614a8f3e https://www.uniformlaws.org/committees/community-home?Commun... )
- delichon 8mo agoThey can sue a US company in a US court under US law, but won't get far in a US court trying to enforce UK law. Preston Byrne is a good follow on this: https://x.com/prestonjbyrne https://x.com/prestonjbyrne
- mrbluecoat 8mo agoHence their threat to block the platform in the UK
- delichon 8mo agoYes, and that is all of their leverage on US companies. They don't need US courts or any US cooperation for that. 4chan doesn't care, so they don't care about the £20,000 fine that Ofcom imposed on them. We will likely find out how much X cares soon.