ComplianceEnforcement19 Mar 2026UK
Ofcom fines 4chan 520,000 pounds across three separate duties
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Three failures on one service, penalised separately: no age assurance, no completed illegal content risk assessment, and terms of service that did not set out how users are protected from illegal content. The pattern is the lesson, because the three are independent of each other.
Build: Three duties, three penalties. Completing one does not cover the others.
Who it reaches
It reaches user-to-user services with users in the UK, at any size. User to user services with UK links, wherever they are based.
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