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4chan issued provisional notice of online safety rules breach by UK watchdog

( August 15, 2025, 11:36 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Messaging platform 4chan has received a provisional notice of a breach of the Online Safety Act for failing to comply with two information requests from the media regulator Ofcom. The watchdog launched an investigation into the platform on June 10 into whether it was responding adequately to a statutory information request issued in April and whether it was complying with its safety duties about illegal content. The provisional notice, announced in a statement on Wednesday, covers the failure to respond to requests as Ofcom’s overall investigation continues.Statement follows:...

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