4Chan and Kiwi Farms filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, asserting that the UK's Online Safety Act violates their Constitutional rights as American corporations. The sites are represented by Preston Byrne and Ron Coleman. The filing alleges that Ofcom is penalizing the sites for conduct that is lawful where their platforms are based. Both websites are described as highly controversial, with userbases engaging in racism, hate speech, harassment, conspiracy-spreading, and bullying. The complaint frames regulatory enforcement by Ofcom as punitive against American-based legal standards.
In a filing submitted to the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, Preston Byrne and Ron Coleman, the team representing the two sites, said that their clients are being penalized by Ofcom, the agency that regulates online content in the United Kingdom, for "engaging in conduct which is perfectly lawful in the territories where their websites are based".
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's Online Safety Act infringe on their Constitutional rights as American corporations. In a filing submitted to the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, Preston Byrne and Ron Coleman, the
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