Ofcom fines 4chan £20,000 under the Online Safety Act. 4Chan replies ‘F U’
TL;DR: OFCOM fines 4Chan, the notorious image-based bulletin board, £20,000 for non-compliance with the Online Safety Act – they don’t care. Ofcom has issued a £20,000 provisional penalty against 4chan under the Online Safety Act, stating that the platform failed to meet several statutory duties. The move signals how Ofcom intends to use its new […]
Online Safety Act: Age Verification
TL;DR: The Online Safety Act age verification defenders are clutching at straws, ignoring fundamental human rights violations and the Act’s absurd failure to distinguish between Spotify and porn sites. Their arguments fall apart under scrutiny. Since I wrote my previous post about the Online Safety Act in March, there have been a few more developments, […]
The Online Safety Act UK – And how we’ve got it so wrong
TL;DR: People making the laws are either too stupid or fail to understand that the Internet and, its users, don’t recognise borders. This is why The Online Safety Act will fail. Monday 17th March sees the ‘Illegal Harms Codes of Practice‘ coming into force as part of the Online Safety Act (OSA). A piece of […]