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United Kingdom: 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

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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…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2025-06-10
under deliberation

On 10 June 2025, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) announced an investigation into the online di…

2025-08-13
under investigation

On 13 August 2025, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) issued 4chan Community Support a provisiona…

2025-10-13
in force

On 13 October 2025, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) imposed a penalty of GBP 20'000 under Sect…

2026-02-12
under investigation

On 12 February 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) issued a provisional notice of contravent…

2026-03-19
in force

On 19 March 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) issued a confirmation decision under section…

2026-04-21
in force

On 21 April 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) published a confirmation decision under sect…