United Kingdom: Office of Communications investigation into 4chan over alleged failure to comply with illegal content duties under Online Safety Act
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Office of Communications imposed a penalty of GBP 20'000 on 4chan Community Support for failing to comply with two statutory information requests under Online Safety Act
On 13 October 2025, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) imposed a penalty of GBP 20'000 under Section 132 of the Online Safety Act 2023 against 4chan Community Support LLC for failing to comply with two statutory information requests. Ofcom determi…
SourceOffice of Communications issued a provisional notice of contravention to 4chan Community Support for failing to comply with Online Safety Act
On 13 August 2025, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) issued 4chan Community Support a provisional notice of contravention under section 130 of the Online Safety Act, citing reasonable grounds that the provider failed to comply with two informatio…
SourceOffice of Communications announced investigation into 4chan over alleged failure to comply with Online Safety Act 2023 duties
On 10 June 2025, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) announced an investigation into the online discussion board 4chan, in order to assess its compliance with the obligations set out in the Online Safety Act 2023 (Case No. CW/01307/06/25). The inve…
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