[wyager]

4chan is not "operating in the UK". They accept and respond to packets from the UK. If the UK government doesn't like this, they can block 4chan themselves.

[saxenaabhi]

That's serving UK users while knowing that they aren't legally allowed to.

[4ndrewl]

That's an interesting view.

If I were to fly to the USA, purchase something that was illegal in my home country (and explicitly state I was going to take it back home), then took it back home - would the vendor be prosecuted?

[redml]

How many other laws can I passively break in other countries I have no connection to?

[pfortuny]

Mmmmmhhhhhhh…What if I buy some goods (say electronics) in the EU from a foreign firm (v.gr. China) using mail and these goods do not comply with the EU’s regulations? I really do not know the proper reply to this.

[Uvix]

Then you’re the importer of record and the compliance burden is on you.

[63stack]

Customs will destroy the package. They do not start fining random foreign companies for sending you the package.

[philwelch]

That’s what customs is for.

[PaulRobinson]

The regulation - and the actions Ofcom are taking - are saying "look, you can deal with this, or you can get blocked and pay our fines the moment we have a way of being able to enforce them. What's it going to be?". 4chan are saying neither. Which means they're going to get blocked.

[monerozcash]

A darknet drug dealer could make the same argument, probably with little success.