cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/35889767
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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").
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 £20,000, plus daily penalties thereafter.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
censoring white supremacists and paedophiles is good actually.
That's not how human rights work. Either they're for everyone or they're for no one.
you don't have a human right to be sexually attracted to kids or want to kill minorities.........
Good thing no one was talking about that. We were talking about freedom of speech.
ok but "freedom of speech" is an american thing.
It is not, it's an officially recognised human right.
LOL no it's not, it's very much a humanity thing.
But they're not censoring 4chan because they're white supremacist, they're censoring them because of consensual adult material.
consensual and 4chan should not be in the same sentence given their history.
Same can be said for: reddit, facebook, xitter, myspace, tumblr etc etc etc.
sure, agreed; social is largely trash
True, but the UK doesn't care if it's consensual or not.
I actually sometimes use 4chan, if that's what you think it is then you're frankly pretty deluded & again these laws are dangerous and will eventually be turned on something you support. You are falling hook line and sinker for ye olde "think of the kids" line that the political class roll out for authoritarian surveillance legislation.