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.
The UK GDPR and EU GDPR are technically distinct now, so maybe one the ways the UK has modified it cause this. Or EU country regulators just haven’t opened up an investigation for whatever reason.
As well as forcing porn sites to ensure all their users are adults, the Online Safety Act also added a bunch of mostly sensible rules about what you can do when your users are children that go beyond what the GDPR does.
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.
flamingos@feddit.uk 15 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.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 15 hours ago
Why hasn’t the rest of the EU followed though? GDPR applies to all of us.
flamingos@feddit.uk 15 hours ago
The UK GDPR and EU GDPR are technically distinct now, so maybe one the ways the UK has modified it cause this. Or EU country regulators just haven’t opened up an investigation for whatever reason.
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
As well as forcing porn sites to ensure all their users are adults, the Online Safety Act also added a bunch of mostly sensible rules about what you can do when your users are children that go beyond what the GDPR does.
lutent@lemmy.zip 14 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.