Online forum 4Chan has launched a legal case against British regulator Ofcom in the US over claims it attempted to “censor” the website.

The website filed the complaint against the enforcer of the UK Online Safety Act alongside another online forum, Kiwi Farms, in a Washington DC Federal Court in an attempt to ban it from enforcing the act against the two US sites.

In a legal complaint, representatives for 4Chan said the Online Safety Act, which came into force last month, was being used to “target the free speech rights of American citizens” and the law suit aimed to “restrain Ofcom’s conduct and its continuing egregious violations of Americans’ civil rights”.

Part of the legal letter read: “Ofcom’s conception of keeping users safe is keeping them safe from encountering points of view

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