4chan Vs ofcom

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EllaBella10

EllaBella10

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Hannahebee said:
According to their official website 4chan is this:
4chan is a simple image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images. There are boards dedicated to a variety of topics, from Japanese animation and culture to videogames, music, and photography.
On this website it mentions why it is controversial.
www.internetmatters.org

4chan

What is 4chan? | Internet Matters. An imageboard website, home to anonymity & an 18+ age limit posing risks for minors. 8chan. Online Safety.
www.internetmatters.org www.internetmatters.org
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Jeezo, and people are complaining about tattle? 🤯 This looks much worse!
 
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BaxterBillions

BaxterBillions

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Some boards are not for the faint-hearted but 4Chan's certainly not as bad as its reputation makes out. IMO /b lost its bite a long time ago.
 
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Merpedy

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10% said:
I think they know they'll get nowhere with fines etc. But this act is a way to force all companies in the UK to block a site so they're going through these steps to get it blacklisted.
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I do wonder how successful that will be

Did anyone follow Kiwifarms and their whole saga with some trans creator? That seems to have ended mostly in their favour as it seems that they have remained on the same domain for the last couple of months. They then had the site locked to UK users because of the Online Safety Act coming into force but it’s now back up open as normal

At worst it gets locked to UK users because Ofcom has gone through courts (which is probably time consuming and expensive) and people just get VPNs - if you’re using the likes of 4chan you’re probably knowledgable enough to know about VPNs so it doesn’t really do anything long term
 
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Hannahebee

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EllaBella10 said:
Sorry for being thick but who’s 4chan?
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According to their official website 4chan is this:
4chan is a simple image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images. There are boards dedicated to a variety of topics, from Japanese animation and culture to videogames, music, and photography.
On this website it mentions why it is controversial.
www.internetmatters.org

4chan

What is 4chan? | Internet Matters. An imageboard website, home to anonymity & an 18+ age limit posing risks for minors. 8chan. Online Safety.
www.internetmatters.org www.internetmatters.org
 
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10%

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It's all about saving time and not needing to go thru the courts to block a website.
GHCQ cant be happy that so many will now be using VPNs and what once was easily traceable is now hidden.
 
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10%

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I think they know they'll get nowhere with fines etc. But this act is a way to force all companies in the UK to block a site so they're going through these steps to get it blacklisted.