4chan Refuses to Pay UK Online Safety Act Fines, Asks Trump Admin to Intervene
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4chan is resisting UK fines under the Online Safety Act and seeking intervention from the Trump administration, sparking debate about the legislation's impact on free speech and jurisdiction.
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Regardless, they are in the right, such policing is just madness
I think it is dangerous that an embarrassment of legislation in a single nation state can have so much negative effect on people outside their jurisdiction.