Imgur has blocked the UK

Nasher · Tuesday at 13:39

It will be the first of many. That's to our idiotic government.

If you don't want to pay for a full VPN service. Opera browser (yep, remember that lol) has a free one built in. Deal with that Starmer.

Uther · Tuesday at 13:40

G-MAN2004 said:
This is exactly what needs to happen. Every website hosted outside of the UK should follow suit.

So you don't want to use the internet anymore?

randal · Tuesday at 13:41

dirtychinchilla said:
I don't think so, but I'm potentially not smart enough / interested enough to work out how to do it

Unifi devices have something called policy based routing where you can specify source and destination traffic and what route it takes (I.e a vpn client connection).

It’s incredibly useful for set and forget type setups.

dirtychinchilla · Tuesday at 13:42

randal said:
Unifi devices have something called policy based routing where you can specify source and destination traffic and what route it takes (I.e a vpn client connection).

It’s incredibly useful for set and forget type setups.

Nice. You can definitely do that with proton for different applications via some settings, but I haven't seen it for specific sites.

Vonhelmet · Tuesday at 13:46

Nasher said:
It will be the first of many. That's to our idiotic government.

If you don't want to pay for a full VPN service. Opera browser (yep, remember that lol) has a free one built in. Deal with that Starmer.

It’s not really a VPN. It’s a proxy of some kind. It’ll get you to some websites that would otherwise be blocked, but some won’t work. It may also not give as much security or privacy as a proper VPN would.

Vonhelmet · Tuesday at 13:47

Uther said:
So you don't want to use the internet anymore?

I think the implication is that if the internet becomes basically unusable in this country, then the law will have to be changed or outright repealed.

steve_c · Tuesday at 13:49

Uther said:
So you don't want to use the internet anymore?

This comment is clearly facetious but the if more companies pushed back like this, the overreach would become impossible to ignore.

The point isn’t about "not using the internet", it’s about refusing to comply with rules that strip away the ability to use it freely. Keep going down this path and you won’t even be allowed to host your own content or need a digital passport / ID (!!!!) to do so.

Uther · Tuesday at 13:50

Vonhelmet said:
I think the implication is that if the internet becomes basically unusable in this country, then the law will have to be changed or outright repealed.

Or, the little people just won't have internet. Things are changing.

Guest2 · Tuesday at 13:50

Vonhelmet said:
I think the implication is that if the internet becomes basically unusable in this country, then the law will have to be changed or outright repealed.

Similar to these digital id cards. If everyone clubbed together and went on a national strike for a day or 2 then im sure there would be chaos and they would be scrapped sharpish!

Uther · Tuesday at 13:53

Guest2 said:
Similar to these digital id cards. If everyone clubbed together and went on a national strike for a day or 2 then im sure there would be chaos and they would be scrapped sharpish!

Maybe that would happen somewhere like France, but here the British just roll over.

Orcvader · Tuesday at 13:54

Nasher said:
It will be the first of many. That's to our idiotic government.

If you don't want to pay for a full VPN service. Opera browser (yep, remember that lol) has a free one built in. Deal with that Starmer.

Vivaldi has teamed up with Proton and has it built in to their browser too.

That said Proton themselves offer a free tier, I would pick that over the other free options.

Armadillo · Tuesday at 13:55

Hopefully more to come, maybe wikipedia next. The more normal websites that get blocked, less effective the "it's a porn ban and you are are paedo if you complain" message will be. Even the "unbiased" BBC won't be able to push that line anymore.

Darkpilgrim · Tuesday at 13:56

The problem is most people don't know whats happening. My brother just messaged me asking if imgur was down for me too. he had no idea about the OSA. He just though imgur was down.

arknor · Tuesday at 13:57

don't worry you'll be able to access it again once you have your DIGITAL ID PASSPORT

ChrisD. · Tuesday at 13:58

Vonhelmet said:
It may also not give as much security or privacy

There's nothing more secure about using a VPN versus not using one. All you're doing is encrypting already encrypted traffic. VPNs are a tool to allow secure remote access to sites (ie, a corporate VPN to access work stuff), or to remotely access your home network, and in this case to circumvent geo location content restrictions. Don't believe their marketing because it's exactly that.

Robbo · Tuesday at 13:59

The website now directs you here:

Imgur access in the United Kingdom

From September 30, 2025, access to Imgur from the United Kingdom is no longer available. UK users will not be able to log in, view content, or upload images. Imgur content embedded on third-party s...

help.imgur.com

No official explanation given.

Darkpilgrim · Tuesday at 14:01

Robbo said:
The website now directs you here:

Imgur access in the United Kingdom

From September 30, 2025, access to Imgur from the United Kingdom is no longer available. UK users will not be able to log in, view content, or upload images. Imgur content embedded on third-party s...

help.imgur.com

No official explanation given.

That is interesting, they still don't give an official reason for the block .

steve_c · Tuesday at 14:01

arknor said:
don't worry you'll be able to access it again once you have your DIGITAL ID PASSPORT

Guess I’ve officially reached the stage where "wake up, sheeple" doesn’t even sound that crazy anymore.

arknor · Tuesday at 14:01

Robbo said:
The website now directs you here:

Imgur access in the United Kingdom

From September 30, 2025, access to Imgur from the United Kingdom is no longer available. UK users will not be able to log in, view content, or upload images. Imgur content embedded on third-party s...

help.imgur.com

No official explanation given.

Statement: Update on Imgur investigation

ico.org.uk

Date 30 September 2025

Type Statement

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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all be fine with a DIGITAL PASSPORT, welcome to the reverse chinese internet where the world firewalls us off

Guest2 · Tuesday at 14:04

Uther said:
Maybe that would happen somewhere like France, but here the British just roll over.

100%
Maybe if everyone that signed that petition it said have x day off - Id do that