After the United Kingdom began enforcing its sweeping Online Safety Act in April, British regulator Ofcom served violation notices to three notorious sites: 4chan, Gab, and Kiwi Farms, each of which risked multimillion-dollar fines. Late last week, Preston Byrne, a First Amendment lawyer representing them, struck back. Byrne announced he would sue Ofcom in US federal court and added an unusual request. He called on the Trump administration « to invoke all diplomatic and legal levers available to the United States » to protect his clients from the OSA’s reach.
Byrne’s request could put a trio of sites known as hotbeds of violence, harassment, …
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Will Trump help 4Chan escape the UK’s internet police?