No. They dont have better credentials or reputation.

Youre remembering that specific time in your life when being edgy was like a drug. Many got hooked, many grew up.

But no one looks at 4chan like its more than /b/ or /pol/ ourside its walls.

Whatever the rights and wrongs of this case, the US has taken legal action against UK internet companies which were fully compliant with UK laws, specifically related to online gambling. So what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander also.[1]

[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5333850.stm (link changed to something where the story isn’t behind a paywall)

Been waiting for the idea that Microsoft Exchange or GSuite are exports to suddenly appear in the White House

china has shown a model that looks good to the increasingly authoritarian gov'ts in the west.

And as netizens, we need to be fighting back while there's still power vested in us. Cannot wait until the hammer falls (or the curtain drops or what have you).

Foreign gov't agency can still create them a bunch of problems, I think, even if not directly in the US. So they want to bring this case into political dimension. If succeeded it would mean UK harasses US entity on American soil for exercising constitutional rights as proven legally. In turn it would create grounds to engage US State Dept into the affair.

Not gonna spend PACERbux on this to find out, but not sure how they’re arguing there’s an actual case or controversy to rule on, since no one’s trying to domesticate a judgment against them in the US. This is just an attempt to preemptively weaponize the US courts against the UK government, good chance it gets bounced for lack of jurisdiction.