United Kingdom: Office of Communications published confirmation decision against 4chan imposing penalties totalling GBP 520'000 for failure to comply with illegal content risk assessment duty, illegal content safety duty, and children's safety duties
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Office of Communications published confirmation decision against 4chan imposing penalties totalling GBP 520'000 for failure to comply with illegal content risk assessment duty, illegal content safety duty, and children's safety duties
On 21 April 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) published a confirmation decision under section 132 of the Online Safety Act 2023 against 4chan Community Support LLC in respect of 4chan .org, following a provisional notice of contravention is…
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
2025-08-13
under investigation
2025-10-13
in force
2026-02-12
under investigation
2026-03-19
in force