Ofcom fines 4chan £520K for OSA violations, including £450K for not complying with age check requirements, and gives it until April 2 to implement age assurance
Ofcom fines 4chan £520K for OSA violations, including £450K for not complying with age check requirements, and gives it until April 2 to implement age assurance
4chan has until 2 April to implement age assurance, carry out a “suitable and sufficient” illegal harms risk assessment …
Ofcom fines AVS Group, which runs 18 adult sites, £1M+ under the OSA, the largest penalty so far, and threatens action against a “major social media company”
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times :
Ofcom fines 4chan £20K under the OSA for failing to provide info on the risk of illegal content; the UK's tech minister says the government “fully backed” Ofcom
Britain said on Monday it had issued U.S. internet forum site 4chan with a 20,000 pound ($26,644) …
4chan and Kiwi Farms sue the UK's Ofcom in a US court over the Online Safety Act, saying they aren't subject to UK law, after Ofcom tried to fine and block them
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A UK judge dismisses Wikimedia's Online Safety Act challenge over requiring Wikipedia to verify users and contributors' IDs, but says it can file new challenges
Europe is not allowed to make Internet Laws. — arstechnica.com/tech-policy/ ... Hari Kunzru / @harikunzru : There is a possible future in which the UK government ends up blocking Wikipedia to save f...
In a probe begun in October 2022, Ofcom finds Amazon, Microsoft, and Google may be harming UK cloud market competition and plans to refer the case to the CMA
Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg :
Tech execs may face criminal prosecution or jail time for not abiding by Ofcom's decisions two months after the UK's Online Safety Bill passes and takes effect
Executives from Facebook parent Meta Platforms, TikTok and other big tech companies would face the prospect of jail time under sweeping …
YouTube community guidelines report: 5M videos and 2M+ channels were removed between Oct. and Dec. 2019; 109K video removals were appealed and 23K reinstated
Of 109,000 removals appealed, YouTube reinstated 23,000 — In three months, YouTube received nearly 110,000 appeals from creators … Tweets: @stokel and @loudmouthjulia Tweets: Chris Stokel-Walker / @...