4chan is an extreme example of an unmoderated site - indeed it’s what the OSA was designed to combat. If this legislative test fails, it would undermine the acts legitimacy, and provoke questions as to it’s existence.
It’s a shit law - it’s not fit for purpose. Its sole reason for existence is to controle public speech, not protect the children.
I didn’t expect in my life to side with 4chan
Having Fedi folks agreeing with 4chan is not on my bingo card this year, or ever.
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Lol its a hate speech site, nazi bar. They literally use n-words. As someone from a family of immigrants, I don’t deal with bigotry like “go back to your country”, so no thanks, you can go enjoy the toxicity if you want lol.
Dont forget its full of pedos
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Undeterred “free speech” has a self-limiting feedback loop where the most extreme views shared by a majority of users eventually drown out minority views. Threats and insults are a kind of self moderation in communities like those, they incentivise uniformity in opinions and demographic while deterring minority/disenfranchised groups from interacting, which is exactly what happened with 4Chan. For example, as of 2025 roughly 80% of 4Chan users are male compared to, say, Tumblr’s 49%
Formal moderation, while not always well done, is a way to protect diverse opinions.
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Probably.
We’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel with the latest of you Reddit refugees.
Deferent but similar
Welp, i agree with 4chan.
the UK is fucked
At least they are a little less fucked now lmao
4chan is full of assholes, but blocking websites is pretty fucked. what person wants their government doing that?
None of us do. Most of us have started using VPNs ever since this law came into effect.
I would normally be sympathetic to their stand except earlier this year when this first started, they called on Trump to use all available political leverages to prevent this and protect free speech. Calling on Trump to protect free speech is just absolutely ridiculous.
We’re allowed to call it retarded now at least
/s
UK is ultra lame for this.
Most fucking annoyingest law ever.
I never thought I’d be siding with 4chan.
Just to let you know I was never a 4chan user.
That’s exactly what a 4chan user would say… *narrows eyes in suspicion*
I love you, my coin operated boy!
That catchca is fucking ass. Who the hell wants to do that every post?
Back in the day it was humorous, because every 4chan poster ‘knew’ to replace the word that was obviously the unknown word with a slur, curse, pejorative, or random word. Like, how did 4chan not get ripped from being able to use capcha?
Inb4 major Lemmy instances get banned
Let’s start with who they going to fine, and which domains will they Ban!
But yea, it could happen.
Good riddance
I’m honestly surprised you’re sitting at 10/10, but honestly, I kind of expect it from this site nowadays.
now i’m curious, your comment could lean both ways, which button did/would you push?
Free pepe
As shitty as 4chan is, as dumb and pointless as that UK legislation is, we STILL invited Trump to dine with the King. The Royal family didn’t even invite thier own pedo.
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Nothing of value was lost.
United Kondom
Well fuck the UK but lolz at 4chan. Once, long ago, they were a place to watch faces of death type stuff. And it went downhill from there.
