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Title: Imgur Blocked in the UK
Post by: pxr5 on September 30, 2025, 06:27:03 PM
I've used imgur for years and now this crap:

https://imgur.com/

https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/41592665292443-Imgur-access-in-the-United-Kingdom

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo

Anyone recommend an alternative?
Title: Re: Imgur Blocked in the UK
Post by: David L on September 30, 2025, 08:33:34 PM
Quote from: pxr5 on September 30, 2025, 06:27:03 PMI've used imgur for years and now this crap:

https://imgur.com/

https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/41592665292443-Imgur-access-in-the-United-Kingdom

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo

Anyone recommend an alternative?
Bugger! That's the site I use when I want to post an image here.
Title: Re: Imgur Blocked in the UK
Post by: pxr5 on September 30, 2025, 09:19:09 PM
^ Me too. However I remembered I have an account on https://postimages.org/. I stopped using it for some reason, but all my old pics are still there. It'll be my chosen image hosting site for now.

Of course one could use imgur through a VPN, but I suspect anyone from the UK would not see that image when linked on a forum.
Title: Re: Imgur Blocked in the UK
Post by: Slim on October 01, 2025, 10:13:04 AM
Just read a similar thread on another site, looks like a lot of people are affected. I use ImgBB myself, easy and free.

For my cycling posts I use my own web server, just so I can be sure they won't go offline one day. But I do use ImgBB for a lot of other stuff so I hope they don't get clobbered as well.

https://www.theverge.com/news/788823/imgur-uk-users-blocked-ico-investigation
Title: Re: Imgur Blocked in the UK
Post by: Thenop on October 01, 2025, 10:24:47 AM
Didn't know Imgur, now I do, and it's not blocked for me. Not in the Uk of course.