Ofcom has slapped 4chan with a £20,000 ($26,700) fine for failing to comply with the internet and telecommunications regulator’s request for information under the UK’s Online Safety Act of 2023. The regulator has released an update for 11 of the investigations it opened after the first of its online safety codes became enforceable in March…
4chan is partly back online after a hack took the infamous image-sharing site down for nearly two weeks. The site first went down on April 14, with the person responsible for the hack apparently leaking data including a list of moderators and “janitors” (one janitor told TechCrunch they were “confident” that the leaked data was…
TL;DR: 4chan has long been one of the internet’s most infamous communities, playing a central role in the rise of various memes and controversial incidents. Following a cyberattack that abruptly took the site offline, comments from an anonymous former moderator suggest its chances of returning are slim. Access to 4chan was disrupted on April 14,…
