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Court: UK Speech Regulator Gets Sovereign Immunity From 4chan’s US Lawsuit
US judge dismisses 4chan’s Ofcom lawsuit while noting foreign penal judgments are not necessarily enforceable in America.
Judge Quashes Subpoenas Seeking Kiwi Farms Users’ Identities
The First Amendment does not require the internet to be polite before it protects speech.
How UK Regulator Ofcom Quietly Bypassed International Law to Police American Speech
A British regulator bypassed every formal legal treaty and just emailed American companies into compliance, and 98% of them apparently obliged.
Kiwi Farms Challenges DMCA Subpoenas as Tools to Unmask Anonymous Speech
Courts and civil liberties groups have spent years warning that the DMCA’s subpoena process is a censorship shortcut disguised as copyright enforcement.
4chan and Kiwi Farms Tell Ofcom It Can’t Censor and Run From Lawsuits
The filing says Ofcom’s notices to 4chan and Kiwi Farms are a breach of US sovereignty disguised as online safety.
UK Speech Regulator Ofcom Claims First Amendment Doesn’t Protect Americans From Its Censorship Law
The UK’s Ofcom now seems to believe its power supersedes the US Constitution when it comes to foreign censorship demands.
UK Regulator Ofcom Uses Online Censorship Law to Fine American Platform 4chan
The regulator is acting as if UK law governs platforms that exist entirely outside its borders.
Coleman: Ofcom Can’t Export Censorship to the United States
Ofcom’s reach, Coleman argues, ends where the First Amendment begins.
4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue UK Regulator Ofcom Over Online Censorship Law, Citing First Amendment Violations
UK regulators thought they could send an email and police the First Amendment. This new lawsuit is fighting back.
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When One Island Demands to Muzzle the World
The empire strikes back, but this time it’s armed with PDFs, fines, and a god complex about speech.
UK Tries to Wield Censorship Laws Globally, Clashing With Gab and Kiwi Farms Over Free Speech and Jurisdiction
Ofcom’s notices to Gab and Kiwi Farms mark the first major test of the UK’s extraterritorial approach to online regulation.
Internet Backbone Provider Hurricane Electric Censoring Kiwi Farms Sets a Dangerous Precedent
Censorship at the infrastructure level.
