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Re:4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence. Irony is ove... by jagged-chisel on Friday October 17, 2025 @01:23PM (#45619320)
I am not a 4chan user. How is this flag assigned? Automatically by 4chan based on some criteria? Or chosen at will by the user?

Presumably if the latter, one may express their support of the flag of their choice; or indicate their heritage; or any number of other reasons.

If the former, and considering the existence of a .uk TLD, they probably are considered to be “targeting” that market.

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Re:4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence. Irony is ove... by Hamuko on Friday October 17, 2025 @01:31PM (#45619413)
You get one automatically assigned based on GeoIP. It's even mentioned on Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//pol/

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Re:4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence. Irony is ove... by emmelaich on Friday October 17, 2025 @08:16PM (#45623638)
Non compliance will require the setting of a security flag in the IP header.

https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3514.txt

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