GoblinSlayer parent
That's not what the text means, but even if it did, you cornered yourself, since if you have no particular care for UK users, you won't care if they are blocked from your general service.
Blocking UK users from your service does not put you out of scope of OSA, according to Ofcom.
4 days ago:
> "Services who choose to restrict access rather than protect UK users remain on our watchlist "
It is worth noting that the other sites swept up in this current batch have had their investigations closed by restricting, though.
My read on "remain on our watchlist" was them monitoring for if that block lapses, etc.
I do expect UK's internet insanity to reckon with VPNs sooner rather than later, though.
Sure, its cheap and easy. Plus you know those UK users will just get a VPN and come anyway so you don't lose a thing. Its only 4chan that wants to make this public. They don't have much in the way of advertising revenue so there isn't much damage that can be done to them. Either way, the actions of the UK government are largely irrelevant again.
If the UK government bans VPNs, now they have more people in jail for speech violations than Russia and a more restricted Internet than China. The jokes write themselves at that point. It also becomes a virtue to dunk on the UK government worldwide. All to keep people from reading a site that the majority of people have no interest in. Its sad really...
Could you help a fellow out and translate what it actually means in plain language?
Remember that they're threatening a fine, and failing to pay fines can be a criminal matter. Simply blocking the site would be less of an issue, at least in terms of legal consequences.
If non-payment of the fine became a criminal matter, would the operators of 4chan be at risk when leaving the US and entering a country willing to arrest them on behalf of the UK?