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Imgur blocks access to UK users after proposed regulatory fine (www.bbc.com)
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[โ€“] Armand1@lemmy.world 39 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

The title is a little bit misleading, it's mostly about Imgur not adding the age checking that the UK's infamously disliked new law requires on possibly mature content.

Age verification is a notoriously difficult problem to solve in a privacy-respecting way, and Imgur is literally about unobtrusive image embeds so I doubt they could even make this work.

[โ€“] sadfitzy@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 weeks ago

Age verification is a notoriously difficult problem

It's not a problem at all, though. Parents should be verifying what programs their kids use.

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