And they think 4chan ever complied with anything. How adorable!
this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2025
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The thing is, an indeterminable amount of users (and admins!) are feds, so despite giving the appearance of lawlessness, it’s actually fully compliant!
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I wonder if Ofcom's true goal is banning 4chan from the UK and if this is a just required part of the legal process for a ban...
4chan makes that much money?!?
They do, at least a little. You can pay for a subscription to get rid of the captcha before posting.
At least a little?
According to this article they pull in 230 million a year. For a shitty forum that looks like it's run on 1995 tech
It doesn't say that. The potential fine the higher of 23M or 10%. Not that 23M is 10%
That's all of moolah for/from internet trolls. Though I imagine that those servers aren't cheap either.
Million is spelled with a M