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Basil the Great@BasilTheGreat · Aug 17, 2025

🚨UK GOVERNMENT TRIES TO SUE 4CHAN FOR BREACHING 'ONLINE SAFETY ACT' 4CHAN's response was priceless 🤣 Essentially it…

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4chan's legal team responded to the UK's Ofcom attempt to fine them under the Online Safety Act by asserting that 4chan is a US company beyond UK jurisdiction and invoked First Amendment protections, stating they will resist any penalties in US federal court and calling on the Trump Administration to intervene diplomatically.

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    🚨UK GOVERNMENT TRIES TO SUE 4CHAN FOR BREACHING 'ONLINE SAFETY ACT' 4CHAN's response was priceless 🤣 Essentially it was "We're American, you have no control over us, go f*ck yourselves" Keir Starmer is pathetic Full response below ⬇️🧵

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    BYRNE & STORM, P.C. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Re: Statement Regarding Ofcom's Reported Provisional Notice - 4chan Community Support LLC Byrne & Storm, P.C. (@ByrneStorm) and Coleman Law, P.C. (@RonColeman) represent 4chan Community Support LLC ("4chan").

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    According to press reports, the U.K. Office of Communications ("Ofcom") has issued a provisional notice under the Online Safety Act alleging a contravention by 4chan and indicating an intention to impose a penalty of ÂŁ20,000, plus daily penalties thereafter.

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    4chan is a United States company, incorporated in Delaware, with no establishment, assets, or operations in the United Kingdom. Any attempt to impose or enforce a penalty against 4chan will be resisted in U.S. federal court.

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    American businesses do not surrender their First Amendment rights because a foreign bureaucrat sends them an e-mail. Under settled principles of U.S. law, American courts will not enforce foreign penal fines or censorship codes.

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    If necessary, we will seek appropriate relief in U.S. federal court to confirm these principles. United States federal authorities have been briefed on this matter.

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    The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, was reportedly warned by the White House to cease targeting Americans with U.K. censorship codes (according to reporting in the Telegraph on July 30th).

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    Despite these warnings, Ofcom continues its illegal campaign of harassment against American technology firms. A political solution to this matter is urgently required and that solution must come from the highest levels of American government.

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    We call on the Trump Administration to invoke all diplomatic and legal levers available to the United States to protect American companies from extraterritorial censorship mandates. Our client reserves all rights.

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