4Chan and Kiwi Farms files a lawsuit against British Offes

On Wednesday, 4chaan and Kiwi farms, one of the most controversial social media sites on the Internet, filed a federal lawsuit against the British government, on the pretext that the requirements of the online safety law in the United Kingdom violate their constitutional rights as American companies.

In a file submitted to the American boycott court In the province of Colombia, Preston Bern and Ron Coleman, the team that represents the two sites, said that their customers are being punished by OffcomThe agency that regulates online content in the United Kingdom, in order to “engage in completely legal behavior in areas where their websites are based.”

The 4chaan and Kiwi farms are widely considered one of the most toxic sites on the Internet, and their user base is famous for this type of online behavior The online safety law seeks to punish: Racism, hate speech, harassment, spreading conspiracy theories, and bullying, among other works. Kiwi farms turned into an organizational center Antioxidant disturbance campaignsand Especially against women and peopleThis often Bleeding in the real world. 4chant also generated huge harassing campaigns such as GamergateBesides Group fire -motivated shootingand Conspiracy theories such as Qanon.

Both 4chaan and Kiwi farms may face very slope fines of up to 18 million pounds if they fail to comply with the Offcom requirements that they regularly submit “risk assessment” reports on their user base, given the presence of their sites in the UK earlier in August,,, Offcom issued a temporary decision He stated that there are “reasonable reasons” to believe that 4chan was violating the demand. In the deposit, their lawyers argue that Offcom overcomes its legal authority by trying to implement British law on companies stationed in the United States, where their behavior is protected through the American constitution and the American legal code, and seeks to announce an American federal judge that the Offcom has no jurisdiction in this matter.

Bern said in a statement to reporters.

OSA requirements for her Decline in international violentBecause it is not clear whether sites like Reddit, Bluesky and Wikipedia will be subject to the same penalties. But the Maga Internet-essence of the movement that supports Donald Trump-previously argued that the targeted networks specifically that hosted the right-wing extremist content, and that the Biden administration allowed them to do so.

Bern, who once represented right -wing social network networks, It was previously said freedom He believes that the Trump administration has tried to make diplomatic background channels in order to get off to decline. Although there is no indication that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has intervened, Bern said that lawyers who represent other web sites face similar problems with Offcom who were closely watching them: if 4chaan and Kiwi Farms, from all places, receive legal protection, it will lead to them, too. He said: “I will not go into the details, but it is sufficient to say, there are many lawyers interested in taking off now.”