discussion Imgur blocks access to UK users after regulator warned of fine

[jkj34]

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For those that were using it to host images for guides/game you made or whatever else people in the uk have posted that a shit ton of content now is just broken see image of what they see

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If you use a vpn apparently you get this error



So yeah another site bites the dust well for one country.

 

[e6mill]

Thought I remembered imgur banning NSFW images...

 

[jkj34]

Thought I remembered imgur banning NSFW images...

Correct

This is from the match deal

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Remember its just not porn but anything deemed adult themed

 

[evermoon]

Good luck to people in the UK.
I expect other services in similar situations to do the same, the UK alone is probably not worth the cost.

 

[Republican Bear]

Glad I no longer live in the fallen Empire of England. Then again my current country of residence is no better.

Seems western civilization is on the verge of collapse.

 

[Leon!]

A big problem is that pushing folks away from safe sites that comply with local law just results in the users going to sites that don't care about complying with law... thus making the problem worse than it was. People won't stop watching nsfw content online, this also applies to those that are considered too young by the law of their country.

 

[e6mill]

The investigation involves how much data they harvest from users their own systems suggest to be kids.

So anonymize it by stopping requiring ID?

 

[angband]

Those probes are really painful.

 

[1nstonE]

What's even sadder is Imgur gave up on the UK as opposed to the UK blocking Imgur. That's some straight-up N. Korea stuff.

 

[Jabroni8903]

The UK keeps getting worse ffs

 

[Shawnchapp]

i mean should really be bitching at imgur for their data harvesting.....

i don't see this as fault of the UK but more so imgur using its power to data mine everyone to hell and back seems more like the UK is actually trying to protect its citizens right to privacy from shitty companies.. but the shitty company is like "nope were' just pull our services instead, cause we like stealing and selling peoples data"

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[cosicosi89]

They are promoting free speech by blocking and banning content.

 

[jkj34]

They are promoting free speech by blocking and banning content.

Nope


Uk police tracked down a man that posted a "hate" post online

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How dare you post that go to jail sir

 

[Shawnchapp]

Nope


Uk police tracked down a man that posted a "hate" post online

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How dare you post that go to jail sir

getting arrest for a tweet is fucking dumb... but can we atleast appreciate the fact the cop isn't beating his ass and dragging him to jail, hell he's even letting him pack a bag like he's going to camp or something...

if this was in the states we all know there would be no talking the guy would just get teased instantly and yelled at to stop resisting so they could use it as an excuse to get some punches in....

i'm not even sure i would be able to take a cop like this one seriously and probably just laugh in his face and push him out my house.

 

[lewlew]

The next gen go into the government when