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Amateurs. Russia has fined Google more than the GDP of the entire planet. Odds of collecting are about the same.

Odds of collecting some 4chan execs travelling abroad are a lot higher, though

4chan's lawyer, who has been engaging with this well since the beginning, has clearly advised his clients, who have no intent of ever going to the UK, to not go there. In addition, Ofcom does not have the ability to collect them through the EU itself. They must go to the UK.

It already sounds like Ofcom is likely to lose lawsuits about this, as they do not have jurisdiction in the U.S., where 4chan is hosted.

> Ofcom is likely to lose lawsuits about this, as they do not have jurisdiction in the U.S.

How would Ofcom even have a lawsuit to lose? Are they going to file it in the US? Of course not, USA courts will tell them to pound sand.

They'll just advise the UK government to block 4chan nationwide. Which is really what they want to do anyway.

Ofcom doesn’t really wanna block websites though, they want websites to either comply or block themselves, both of which legitimizing Ofcom’s extraterritorial enforcement.

I do not think 4chan has executives.

I think the fact 4chan instructed a lawyer shows it does.

The lawyer is taking the case pro-bono.

I am not sure why you think running a website where people are free to say awful things about powerful people would be profitable.

> The lawyer is taking the case pro-bono.

What difference does that make?

> I am not sure why you think running a website where people are free to say awful things about powerful people would be profitable.

I didn't say anything about them being profitable. And again, what different would that make?

CIA absolutely have executive equivalents.

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