Image-hosting platform Imgur has blocked people in the UK from accessing its content.
Imgur is used by millions to make and share images such as memes across the web, particularly on Reddit and in online forums.
But UK users trying to access Imgur on Tuesday were met with an error message saying “content not available in your region” - with Imgur content shared on other websites also no longer showing.
The UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), said it recently notified the platform’s parent company, MediaLab AI, of plans to fine Imgur after probing its approach to age checks and use of children’s personal data.
Not to like be a conspiracy theorist, but WTF is going on that everyone everywhere all at once is introducing weird censorship laws? And now the UK with digital ID? What is coming that they don’t want us talking about? We don’t have this in the USA yet, but they keep trying to pass KOSA… what’s really going on?
Okay, here’s a wild conspiracy theory I’ve just made up.
Epstein’s photo and video blackmail material has been lost/stolen/duplicated or otherwise out “in the wild”. Before someone data dumps that on the internet they want to make sure they can quickly squash it from being accessed and put their own rules in place to be able to heavily punish and shut down those who don’t quickly comply.
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