"Ofcom, the UK's Online Safety Act regulator, has fined online message board 4chan £20,000 ($26,680) for failing to protect children from harmful content. The fine could rise by a further £6,000 - £100 per day for a maximum 60 days - if it continues to ignore its duties to comply with the regulator's request for information regarding two separate matters."
"4chan can stop the additional fines by providing copies of its illegal content risk assessments and information about its qualifying worldwide revenue to Ofcom. The enforcement action announced today is months in the making after Ofcom first opened an investigation into the notorious image board on June 10. It requested the aforementioned risk assessments on April 14, and to this day 4chan still has not complied, the regulator said."
"When opening the investigation, Ofcom said it was looking to understand whether 4chan has failed, or is failing, to abide by its duties under the Online Safety Act. The watchdog also highlighted that the maximum penalties for these failures, as specified in the legislation, are £18 million ($24 million) or 10 percent of an organization's qualifying worldwide revenue, whichever is greater."
Ofcom imposed a £20,000 fine on 4chan for failing to protect children from harmful content under the Online Safety Act. The fine can increase by up to £100 per day for 60 days (maximum £6,000) if 4chan does not provide requested illegal content risk assessments and qualifying worldwide revenue information. Ofcom requested the assessments on April 14 and opened a formal investigation on June 10; 4chan has not complied. The legislation allows maximum penalties of £18 million or 10 percent of qualifying worldwide revenue. Ofcom issued provisional actions against Im.ge and AVS Group Ltd, both able to appeal.
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