Comment on 4chan is getting fined in the UK by the Office of Communications(Ofcom) under Online Safety Act; 4Chan Respond by appealing to Trump administration and intending to fight it in the U.S courts.

• Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The UK is not EU.

  They were very clear about that.

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Great, they don't operate in the UK either.

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• xyro@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In case of GDPR, this is not true and compagnies are subject to this EU law if they process EU citizens’ personal data. Wether they comply or can be prosecuted is another thing gdpr.eu/companies-outside-of-europe/

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The EU can publish all the laws and articles they want. They have no authority to enforce them.

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    • xyro@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s another debate, but countries do have the authority to enforce their laws on their sovereign scope, which include network infrastructure located in the country, used to transport traffic from foreign compagnies.

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      • artyom@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        How do you suppose they're going to use network infrastructure to impose fines?

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