Imgur Is Blocking Users In The Uk

The image-sharing tract Imgur has unopen disconnected entree to UK users aft nan country’s information watchdog warned nan level of a fine, as reported earlier by nan BBC. In a post connected Imgur’s thief page, Imgur confirms that users successful nan UK tin nary longer log in, position content, aliases upload images starting September 30th, 2025.

Now, erstwhile UK-based users effort to entree Imgur’s website, it displays a connection reading  “Content not disposable successful your region.” Imgur will besides artifact UK users from seeing contented from nan level embedded connected third-party websites, for illustration Reddit, according to Imgur’s thief page.

Though Imgur doesn’t mention a logic for nan change, nan UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) says it precocious warned Imgur’s genitor company, MediaLab, of plans to enforce a good arsenic part of an investigation into its usage of children’s information and property verification measures. The UK first started nan investigation into Imgur, TikTok, and Reddit’s compliance pinch its online information laws successful March. The ICO doesn’t specify what Imgur’s projected good is for, but notes that its findings are “provisional” and that it will “carefully see immoderate representations from MediaLab” earlier deciding whether to enforce a fine.

“Imgur’s determination to restrict entree successful nan UK is simply a commercialized determination taken by nan company,” nan ICO writes. Tim Capel, nan ICO’s interim executive director, adds that “exiting nan UK does not let an organisation to debar work for immoderate anterior infringement of information protection law” and that nan investigation into Imgur is still underway. 

The Verge reached retired to Imgur pinch a petition for remark but didn’t instantly perceive back.