Mod Post - Imgur blocked in UK

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As some members (and Mods) discovered yesterday, the image hosting website Imgur has blocked all access to anyone in the UK (and only the UK). This seems to be the result of a disagreement between Imgur and UK Laws regarding data safety.

Imgur have given their own, rather terse, statement on the matter

The header for Scans_Daily is hosted on Imgur, and it has long been a popular hosting site for users, which makes things difficult moving forward for UK users (and Mods), which we will need to consider the implications of, and let you know as required.

 

Comments

[gnarll]

Proton VPN has a free version.

[goodbyebird]

Very unfortunate. Temporary measure could be hosting new images on Dreamwidth, though the space is limited and the upload a bit more fiddly.

[cainofdreaming]

Imageshack costs about 3,7 euros a month for an account you can link images from. Though I understand that's not an option for every budget.

[shakalooloo]

Weird thing is, I can totally still see the header, even if everything else imgurian is proud to tell me I'm not allowed to look at it.

[deh_tommy]

Well that sucks, imgur was my primary image hoster. Are there any good alternatives?

[mastermahan]

Did you ever get answer? I'm wondering that myself.

[bluapapilio]

I don't know if it will work for ya'll but I use img chest.