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[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 33 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Why would they pay? Genuinely what power does the UK government have over 4Chan?

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

They can ban the website in the UK I guess. They can also try to impound any assets that 4chan has in the country but I doubt they have any. Besides that they can't do much else.

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They can also write them a strongly worded letter with a lot of impotently scary language.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 1 month ago

With excessive inclusions of the letter "u."

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