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I'd think it would be allowed for UK to:

1. Tell 4chan or its registrar l to take down .co.uk urls (maybe?)

2. Tell UK ISPs to ban UK visitors from viewing 4chan

They can, but they have to ask a court to enforce any sort of block. I imagine that's coming soon.

Now that you mention it, that's probably why they sent this letter. They know it's pointless but they want a paper trail to show they tried to find other solutions before requesting a block.

It's entirely up to 4chan to voluntarily comply and avoid any further consequences.

yeah but it's 4chan, they won't, the biggest consequence is they get blocked in the UK. And the kind of people that go there will be more than savvy enough tto use a VPN

> Tell UK ISPs to ban UK visitors from viewing 4chan

Too bad the UK public can't effectively tell Ofcom off.

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