cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50937278
If 4chan continues to ignore Ofcom, the forum could be blocked in the UK. And 4chan could face even bigger fines totaling about $23 million or 10 percent of 4chan’s worldwide turnover, whichever is higher. 4chan also faces potential arrest and/or “imprisonment for a term of up to two years,” the lawsuit said.
I think the analogy works. The UK trying to fine 4chan in the US is like a country fining a German for driving at 250 kph in Germany on the Autobahn. The US lawyer claiming the Internet is an American invention and therefore their laws apply anywhere (at least I read it that way), is like a German speeding on a US road and claiming that German law allows them to do that.
I see, I misunderstood what you meant. Yes, the analogy certainly works.