Comment on [Video] Sky News instantly interrupts Zack Polanski when he says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

• Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Imgur made the choice to block UK users instead of attempt to comply with our ridiculous laws

  source

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Different laws though. IIRC lemmy.zip is because of ID age verification and Imgur because of child data harvesting.

    source

    • flamingos@feddit.uk ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, Imgur blocked the UK in response to getting fined by the ICO for illegal data harvesting. It’s honestly mad so many people seem to take their side.

      source

      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Why hasn’t the rest of the EU followed though? GDPR applies to all of us.

        source

        • -> View More Comments
      • lutent@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Honestly, I don’t mean to take the side of an image hosting site that makes itself profitable with malicious methods. I just genuinely didn’t know this. Regulating internet traffic just seems quite logistically demanding to achieve without revoking what makes the internet, well the internet. A thing that spreads information and connects people of all backgrounds together to share. Not to take any side or position, it’s just a thought.

        source
  • mjr@infosec.pub ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Isn’t blocking the UK a type of compliance? Especially if the UK agents hadn’t been in touch. So rather than refuse or fight, imgur caved. Don’t expect them to defend users.

    source

    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      4chan just ignores UK requests. Site still works fine.

      source