Good day all. A little over a year ago, reports came out regarding the Chief of London, England’s Metropolitan police announcing that he would arrest Americans in the United States for posting anything that the British government didn’t like. That idiot was roundly and soundly mocked by Americans with many reminding the moron that we had already had this discussion in 1776.
As time went on, people generally forgot about the Brits, aka “Beans on Toast” issuing threats. Then came the news that the UK government was going to fine 4Chan £20,000 pounds for violating their censorship rules. 4Chan, through their attorney, Ron Coleman, basically told the Brits to go pound sand and ignored their fines. (4Chan is hosted in the United States and is subject to American laws and the Constitution of the United States)
This isn’t sitting well with the Limey Bastards and they have decided to “Up their game” as it were. They are now saying that the 1st Amendment does not protect Americans from British Authority. Here are the details from the National Pulse:
Britain’s communications regulator, Ofcom, has asserted that the U.S. Constitution, including the First Amendment, does not prevent it from imposing sanctions under the draconian Online Safety Act, even against U.S.-based companies. This assertion comes amid a growing legal dispute with the 4chan imageboard, which has refused to comply with information requests issued by Ofcom.
As I mentioned above, 4Chan is based in the United States and has no presence in the formally great Britain. They are not subject to British laws. As for the serfs residing in Britain, they can go to the 4Chan site and view the content. Of course, now that Britain has gone totalitarian, these people may be criminally charged. (The Muslim rape gangs, on the other hand, will continue to be ignored by the police. Their victims will probably be the ones charged and jailed) Just as an aside, until now, I’ve never visited 4chan and don’t have a lot of information on what they do.
Ofcom recently fined 4chan £20,000 ($26.7k) for failing to respond to its statutory notices and warned of further daily penalties. The regulator argues that the Online Safety Act, which came into force earlier this year, applies to any online platform accessible in the United Kingdom, regardless of where it is based.
In its correspondence with 4chan, Ofcom stated that the platform’s claims of constitutional protections, especially under the First Amendment, were not relevant, and that it can apply its enforcement powers internationally regardless of U.S. law.
Yeah, good luck with that. No American court will rule in your favor. Well, maybe if you find a Biden or Obama Judge. They’ve shown their utter contempt for the Constitution.
The Online Safety Act gives Ofcom broad authority to compel companies to monitor and remove supposedly harmful online content. Critics, including civil liberties advocates and U.S. lawmakers, have warned that the law imposes sweeping censorship obligations, going well beyond child pornography and other obviously criminal content. For instance, parliamentary debates on Muslim grooming gangs have already been taken down to satisfy its requirements.
In the last year or so, pretty much since the Conservative Party was soundly thwacked in their last election, and the Labour party took control, Britain has basically gone full tyrannical. (The Conservative party was almost as bad which is why they were beaten like a drum) People are now going to prison for just standing somewhere and praying silently.
While I don’t follow British politics all that much, I understand that Nigel Farage’s Reform Party is gaining in their polls by leaps and bounds, and the Labour Party’s polling numbers have cratered. It looks like the Reform party might take control of the government when they have another election, if they ever have another one.
In response to Ofcom’s actions, 4chan and Kiwi Farms, another U.S.-based platform, filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block the British regulator’s demands. The lawsuit argues that the Online Safety Act, as applied to American companies and speech, violates the First Amendment and attempts to impose British law extraterritorially. Legal counsel for the platforms has said the enforcement notices are void and unenforceable in the United States.
“Every threat and penalty—including threats of multi-year prison terms—contained in these letters pertains to speech and conduct which is constitutionally protected in the United States,” 4chan’s lawyer Preston Byrne argued.
Which is why 4Chan and other web sites based in the United States are telling the Beans on Toast government to go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut. There is no way the courts will back the Brits, and frankly, if they were that stupid, that would be the final nail in the coffin of the Judicial branch of the United States.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government has defended the law, describing it as a necessary measure to protect children and users from online harm. Starmer also previously insisted that the legislation is not intended to censor Americans—claiming, “We wouldn’t want to reach across U.S. citizens, and we don’t, and that’s absolutely right”—but Ofcom’s actions against 4chan suggest this was untrue.
Keir Starmer has proven himself to be a scumbag. From what I’ve read and heard, he has helped cover up the criminal malfeasance of British law enforcement regarding the Muslim grooming gangs that were selling teen girls. From what I’ve read, he has no chance of being reelected as Prime Minister. (The whole British system very different from ours. You vote the party, not the person as I understand it) I’m not at all surprised that commie lied about the reach of that totalitarian law.
A federal court has yet to rule on whether Ofcom’s orders can be enforced or recognized under U.S. law. In the meantime, Ofcom has stated it will continue to pursue penalties and reserves the right to escalate enforcement, including blocking access to noncompliant sites.
What British government does in their country is their own business. If they want to block their subjects, then they can do that. I’m sure the People’s Republic of China will be more than happy to help you to construct the “Great Firewall of England.” As for a United States court ruling on this case, if it takes that judge more than 2 minutes to throw the British into the harbor to be one with their tea, that judge needs to be removed from the bench.
A key legal stance of 4chan is — paraphrased by Ofcom — “Ofcom has no power to enforce UK laws in the US.”
And the Brits response to this?
The UK Ofcom has officially stated that, “We do not accept this point.”
And the response from myself any millions of other Americans?
It’s time for President Trump to get on the phone to that thug, Starmer, and flat out tell him that enough is enough. If Starmer doesn’t take the hint, then perhaps it’s time for the United States to rethink it’s “Special Relationship” with Britain and start considering that regime change might be something to look into.
As for the Brits trying to enforce this, assuming the courts don’t shove their heads up their own asses, all I can say is good luck. I can see them actually trying to do something really stupid and sending agents into the United States to grab a few people, smuggle them back to Britain and put them on trial.
Would they like to know how many ways that can go wrong for them? Allow me to give them an idea. There are between 400 and 800 million guns in private hands in the United States. (Despite the best actions of the Labour Party’s fellow travelers, aka the Democrat Party) The odds are that if you try to kidnap someone, that person, or someone near them will be carrying a gun. Unlike the British, American gun owners know how to shoot and they practice a lot. At best, your agents are taken and held for the police, who will not be very happy with you. At worst? You get sent home in a pine box.
Take the hint and give it up.
Thatisall
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I’m no expert, but my understanding is that in Britain, the government is formed by whichever party (or coalition of parties) controls a majority of seats in the House of Commons. When that majority changes, the government changes.
“In a pine box?”
the gag lines write themselves!
What can I say? I’m a traditionalist. Pine boxes are just a bit more striking then body bags. 🙂