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CryptoTokenPostKorean, translatedFiled 2 days ago

A £450,000 fine imposed on 4chan, not Meta ($META)

Original headline메타($META) 아닌 4chan에 45만 파운드 벌금 부과

Open the sourceReported by TokenPost, tokenpost.kr, 12 November 2026, by 서도윤

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Ofcom’s £450,000 penalty was imposed on 4chan, not Meta, contrary to claims that circulated on X. The fine, announced March 19, was for 4chan’s failure to implement age-verification measures preventing children from accessing pornographic content, and forms part of a £520,000 sanctions package against the imageboard. Meta’s dispute with Ofcom concerns how fees and penalties are calculated under the Online Safety Act, not the £450,000 figure. The distinction matters because it clarifies which platform is actually being sanctioned as UK online-safety enforcement ramps up.

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