The UK Online Safety Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023)
It appears the photo hosting/sharing website Imgur is now banned in the UK (that, or Imgur has pulled the plug on the UK).
Hopefully it is a glitch - a mistake - an oversight… or a temporary error. Or the UK Govt will soon see some sense on this.
^ Edit: Imgur pulled the plug on the UK - due to the above OSA (and the massively over-reaching ‘age ID’ requirements). Expect more sites to go the same way as Imgur for the UK in the near future.
https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/41592665292443-Imgur-access-in-the-United-Kingdom
I’ve used Imgur for hosting images on here for years - and also hosted GFFA-related images for lesser tech-savvy members.
Right now, it seems anyone in the UK will no longer be able to view an actual image from Imgur - and will be seeing the image below instead…
^ It’ll certainly make some of the Indexes, Info Threads, Info Posts, and my longwinded posts in general on here almost unreadable… to members from the UK (not that they weren’t far off that anyway 😉)! Bloody hell!
If you try to log in to Imgur in the UK you will see this…
😦
www.resetera.com/threads/imgur-now-appears-to-be-blocked-in-the-uk.1311961
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/imgur-blocked-in-the-uk.19006733
www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1ntuyj3/the_uk_has_now_blocked_imgur_from_loading_images
www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comments/1ntvzl6/is_imgur_being_blocked_in_the_uk
www.neogaf.com/threads/image-hosting-website-imgur-blocked-in-u-k.1688604
https://downdetector.co.uk/status/imgur
If you are in the UK and fed of seeing images from Imgur being blocked on here (and elsewhere)… then I suggest using a VPN. The free and easy-to-use Opera web browser has a built-in VPN (literally just a switch). Or do some research on ‘free and easy to use VPN’ extensions / addons - available from the Chrome Web Store etc.