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The link is blocked by imgur themselves, not the British government (authoritarian or otherwise), because the ICO was going to fine them for historic poor handl
by reallydoubtful 8mo ago
The link is blocked by imgur themselves, not the British government (authoritarian or otherwise), because the ICO was going to fine them for historic poor handling of children's data. https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/09/statement-update-on-imgur-investigation/ https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs...
- Aeolun 8mo agoWhat does that even entail? Why does a site like Imgur even need to know which users are children?
- lmz 8mo agoDidn't it have user accounts and comments?
- ErroneousBosh 8mo agoIt had user accounts and it hosts prodigious amounts of porn, so it ran afoul of the part of the law that says that if you have user accounts and host user-generated content of any sort you have to make sure you're not showing porn to children. It's annoying, but Imgur really do need to get a handle on things because that's where people host all the CSAM they post into Matrix channels.