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4chan disputes UK Online Safety Act enforcement over information requests

By Patricia Figueiredo ( August 18, 2025, 15:16 GMT | Insight) -- Online bulletin board 4chan has responded to a provisional notice of a failure to fulfil its duties under the UK's Online Safety Act, disputing regulator Ofcom's authority to take such action, which relates to alleged failures to respond to information requests. The US platform questioned the act’s extraterritorial reach and suggested it could challenge enforcement in US courts, echoing wider US criticism of the act's content moderation measures.Online bulletin board 4chan has responded to a provisional notice of a failure to fulfil its duties under the UK's Online Safety Act, disputing regulator Ofcom's authority to take such action....

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