"Companies wherever they're based are not allowed to sell unsafe toys to children in the UK. And society has long protected youngsters from things like alcohol, smoking and gambling. The digital world should be no different. The UK is setting new standards for online safety. Age checks and risk assessments are cornerstones of our laws, and we'll take robust enforcement action against firms that fall short."
"In the only country in which 4chan operates, the United States, it is breaking no law and indeed its conduct is expressly protected by the First Amendment."
Ofcom, the UK online safety regulator, imposed a £520,000 fine on 4Chan for multiple Online Safety Act breaches. The largest penalty of £450,000 addressed the platform's failure to implement age checks preventing children from accessing pornographic content. Additional fines included £50,000 for inadequate risk assessment of illegal material and £20,000 for insufficient user protection measures against criminal content. 4Chan's lawyer responded dismissively with an AI-generated cartoon and argued the platform operates legally in the United States under First Amendment protections. Ofcom defended its enforcement action, emphasizing that online safety standards should match protections applied to physical products and harmful substances like alcohol and gambling.
Read at www.bbc.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]