Imgur has blocked the UK

Kenai said:
You mean "I've been using the built in Opera VPN to look at porn for several weeks now"? :p
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Bah. I'm a Firefox user. So far. Though the government here (Australia) is bringing in its own Online Safety Act, so we'll see what happens.
 
rp2000 said:
Have Imgur posted any sort of explanation, yet?


rp2000
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I can't seem to quote/reply to the message that @Rilot posted in this thread, but it's on page 6 or below:

Thank you for reaching out regarding your recent issues regarding uploading via our API, we understand how important your images are, including accessing and/or uploading them via our API, especially when you have important ones stored there.

Imgur at this time will no longer be able to provide uploading and/or signing in functions within your designated region (United Kingdom). You can still access Imgur.com but you may experience higher than average error 400 (Cannot serve this region) requests.

Kind regards

Imgur
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I get the content not available in your region message when trying to access imgur.com, so their message seems to be false.
 
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rp2000 said:
Have Imgur posted any sort of explanation, yet?


rp2000
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No explanation, but if you reach out to their support they reply with this:

Hey there,

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your experience. We understand how frustrating it must be to suddenly be unable to access your images on Imgur, especially when you have so many important ones stored there.

At this time, Imgur does not support upload or sign in functions within your geographical region. You are more than welcome to browse Imgur, however, as a result of the above you will experience sporadic errors anytime you interact with the platform.

We do not know at this time if we will support such functionality in the future.
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Sounds like a last minute decision and not fully up to date, it sounds like we should be able to still see and browse Imgur content but... we can't.



Continuing from my last reply, while I found a proxy add-on for Firefox to still see hotlinked Imgur images, I can't find a Chrome equivalent...
 
ICO has released a statement: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/me...5/09/statement-update-on-imgur-investigation/

We are aware of reports that the social media platform Imgur is currently not available in the UK. Imgur's decision to restrict access in the UK is a commercial decision taken by the company.

Earlier this year, as part of an update on our Children’s code strategy, we announced an investigation into MediaLab AI Inc (MediaLab). The investigation relates to how MediaLab’s Imgur social media platform uses children’s information and its approach to age assurance.

Tim Capel, ICO Interim Executive Director - Regulatory Supervision, said:

“We reached our provisional findings on this investigation, and we issued a notice of intent to impose a monetary penalty on MediaLab on 10 September 2025.

“Our findings are provisional and the ICO will carefully consider any representations from MediaLab before taking a final decision whether to issue a monetary penalty.

“We have been clear that exiting the UK does not allow an organisation to avoid responsibility for any prior infringement of data protection law, and our investigation remains ongoing.

“This update has been provided to give clarity on our investigation, and we will not be providing any further detail at this time.

“Safeguarding children’s personal information is a key priority for the ICO and our Children’s code strategy outlines our key interventions in this area. Keeping children safe online is the responsibility of the companies offering online services to them and we will continue to hold them to account.”
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Looks like another potential reason why they blocked the UK, possibly to avoid a fine... which they can't escape from anyway.
 
Using a vpn will work, but I'm starting to get really tired of having to jump through hoops all the time. This stuff always just affects normal people, the scumbags will just continue being scumbags.
 
Well I have moved on from UIMGUR fully now, got a fully equipped gallery I can use for game screenshots and other media now with better features than what I was using imgur :p

Demo gallery I moved from imgur to this (thanks to whoever mentions Tor browser can still access imgur!):

 
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I've just set up Slink on my server to try. Like the simplicity of it.

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