{"id":1051,"date":"2025-08-28T01:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/4chan-and-kiwi-farms-file-joint-lawsuit-against-the-uk\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T01:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:11:53","slug":"4chan-and-kiwi-farms-file-joint-lawsuit-against-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/4chan-and-kiwi-farms-file-joint-lawsuit-against-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"4Chan and Kiwi Farms file joint lawsuit against the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/STKS492_HATE_SPEECH_CVIRGINIA_B.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">On Wednesday, 4Chan and Kiwi Farms, two of the most controversial social media sites on the internet, filed a federal lawsuit against the British government, arguing that the requirements of the UK&rsquo;s Online Safety Act infringe on their Constitutional rights as American corporations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/26076733-govuscourtsdcd28421810-1\/?ref=404media.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In a filing submitted to the U.S. District Court<\/a> in the District of Columbia, Preston Byrne and Ron Coleman, the team representing the two sites, said that their clients are being penalized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ofcom<\/a>, the agency that regulates online content in the United Kingdom, for \u00ab\u00a0engaging in conduct which is perfectly lawful in the territories where their websites are based \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/social\/767063\/4chan-kiwi-farms-lawsuit-uk-ofcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read 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