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Comment by Yeul | Hacker News Reader

4chan doesn't do anything illegal unless you think that being mean should be banned.

Well that depends on what laws are passed, doesn’t it? 4Chan is now in violation of a new UK law.

4chan is not in the UK and ofcom has no jurisdiction. This would be like Singapore trying to prosecute you for smoking marijuana in your own home in the U.S.

Yeah and I can guarantee you're in violation of laws somewhere too.

It's just as irrelevant.

…did you read the article?

They arrest people for saying "We love bacon".

"Police drag away a man for saying he likes bacon near a sprawling mosque construction site" (https://www.wndnewscenter.org/we-like-bacon-man-arrested-for...)

Have you ever opened 4chan? There are literally 3 threads right now with "drawn images" illegal in many countries. To me it's crazy it's still open. Early 4chan had the worst kind of images you could think of.

Women driving or walking outside without headgear is illegal in many countries.

There are no drawn or otherwise images on 4chan that are illegal under United States law.

Uh, why do you think there's a "no kik/telegram sharing" sticky post on /b/ right now?

I find it more offensive that there are "many countries" where "drawn images" are illegal to share.

It's worse than that.

The UK is actually criminally investigating anime artwork websites and raiding people for how lines and shapes are drawn.

Mohammed caricatures or 100 year old vampires that look like 12 year olds?

Being mean, for varying degrees of "mean", is actually illegal in most countries that aren't the USA and surely 4chan passes the threshold in at least some of them.

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