Imgur and the UK

[Stormbringer]

Hi everyone it seems Imgur has pulled the plug on UK ip addresses and we cant access or view Imgur images or even go to the site now
I can only think that its to do with the new child protection laws coming into force soon in the UK
My son uses a VPN and can now access the site using that so i may follow suit
Luckilly we had the foresight to download our images to our comps
As far as i know there was no announcement from Imgur about this

[Son of a gun-ner]

Yes, it would appear children need protecting from toy tank pictures....

Just spotted this

[Son of a gun-ner]

I will move this to somewhere more visible

[Stormbringer]

You can use a VPN to get access to imgur and see the pictures if your in UK till the government bans vpn's i guess
I have just spent the last 3-4 hours editing all my picture posts so that they arnt on imgur

[Meter rat]

This is also a problem on Large scale modeller, and Britmodeller.

[MrChef]

Just Wow...

H'mmm is there another free file host? That's a Lot of pictures that can't be seen.

I already have all of my pictures but this makes sharing quite a challenge.

On the flip side I can still see everything.

[Stormbringer]

Yep mate it does
Im now using a vpn and can see them but folks in uk not using a vpn wont see them
Luckilly i had downloaded my imgur images a few weeks ago and last night spent 4 hours last night resizing/uploading them to my threads
there are other free file hosts which i may investigate tonight see whats what
I will NOT be uploading pics to Imgur tho

[ColemanCollector]

Apparently Imgur is in a peeing match with the UK govt over something, and its use is blocked by Imgur or the govt in the UK. Free hosting services are always free...until they're not.

Use the image viewing/manipulation program on your computer (Paint etc.) to resize and away you go. The article in the Help/FAQ section on the forum explains it all and how easy it is to do.

Mike.

[Stormbringer]

Its something to do with uk gov considering fining them for not having age verification and alleged not conforming to current kid safety legislation
Imgur seemingly pulled the plug tho

I use paint to resize the images to about 800kb ish

[MrChef]

Here's a link to a explanation that I found-

https://cybernews.com/uk/how-to-use-vpn ... nblock-it/

It's unknown Imgur's motives exactly it could be something as benign as they don't have it ready to comply but as mentioned using a VPN will allow viewing of the geographically blocked pimages.