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Minor nit - imgur isn't available to UK based people[0] thanks to the Online Safety Act

[0] Which makes browsing Modrinth or Curseforge for Minecraft mods HILARIOUS - "you make a [extra dimension] portal like this: [image not available in your region]" "Gallery: [image not available in your region] [image not available in your region] [image not available in your region]"

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Sounds like a local government problem for y'all to solve, not a problem for the rest of the world to work around

It's not due to OSA. Ofcom are the regulator for the OSA, but Imgur was being handed a fine by the ICO in regards to how they handled children's data. It's the same parent company that develops Kik so I'm not super shocked...

> It's the same parent company that develops Kik so I'm not super shocked...

But Kik (from Medialab who are the people being fined by ICO) is still online in the UK which somewhat undercuts that argument?

> It's not due to OSA [...] in regards to how they handled children's data

potato, tomato.

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