The UK can't see Imgur links right now, apparently.
The UK can't see Imgur links right now, apparently.
Time to talk shit about the snaggletooths.
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I love this country
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Can confirm. Cannot see anything
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Im in the UK and can see the thumbnail. Good job it wasn't boobies. Gotta think of the children.
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If you post the same video or picture to Mastodon (it can be set as unlisted) you can then use the URL of that media in your Lemmy post.
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Brexit 2.0?
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I can see it.
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describe the image to me!
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"both the ICO and Ofcom - the media regulator enforcing the Online Safety Act - said Imgur suspending access for UK users had been its own "commercial decision"
They're just trying to avoid getting fined by the UK.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo
Which whether you like it or not, is a commercial decision. They cannot realistically vet people for age, because 99% of requests are unauthenticated. Who is going to make an imgur account just so they can see imgur images?
So they made the commercial choice to avoid losing money through fines vs whatever revenue (ad based? I don't know their model) they would earn from UK users.
Now, ICO and Ofcom have their own reasons to play it down in this way. But, they're also technically correct.
"The ICO launched its investigation into Imgur in March - saying it would probe whether the companies were complying with both the UK's data protection laws, and the children's code."
They are trying to avoid paying fines for earlier infringements, unrelated to the recent age checks.