UK regulators hit 4chan with paltry fine for failure to comply with the Online Safety Act

Following an investigation that started back in June, UK regulator Ofcom has issued 4chan with a fine for failure to comply with two requests for information under the controversial Online Safety Act. Ofcom’s investigation had multiple threads, including looking into whether the site was protecting users from illegal content. After several months, only concerns about failing to respond to information requests were upheld. The fine? Just £20,000 – or a little over $26,500. When Ofcom first announced its investigation, it proudly proclaimed that it could imposed fine of up to £18 million, a figure that makes the fine now being… [Continue Reading]