# Imgur blocked in the uk

**URL:** <https://forum.gbfans.com/t/imgur-blocked-in-the-uk/25778>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [October 1, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/imgur-blocked-in-the-uk/25778 "2025-10-01T15:43:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mercifull](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mercifull/32/4051_2.png) [@mercifull](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mercifull)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/imgur-blocked-in-the-uk/25778/1 "2025-10-01T15:43:37Z")

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Everyone’s favourite law, the Online Safety Act has resulted in the image hosting site, Imgur blocking access to the Uk.

Gbfans utilises this service to upload images for use here in the forum which mean none of them are visible for us anymore.

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**Author:** ![edspengler](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/edspengler/32/19461_2.png) [@edspengler](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/edspengler)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/imgur-blocked-in-the-uk/25778/2 "2025-10-02T02:16:09Z")

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A friend mentioned to me that all my photos were down, I went back and checked and I can see them. This explains what happened. I’d be willing to replace all my photos if there is a different hosting sight.

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**Author:** ![cybertron](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ac91a4/32.png) [@cybertron](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/cybertron)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/imgur-blocked-in-the-uk/25778/3 "2025-10-02T02:28:03Z")

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Yeah we can only see them if we use something like TOR browser or VPN’s .

Fortunately they have not specifically criminalised TOR or VPNs and are unlikely to smash your door in for using those …well for now at least lol

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**Author:** ![tobycj](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/tobycj/32/186876_2.png) [@tobycj](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/tobycj)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/imgur-blocked-in-the-uk/25778/4 "2025-10-10T16:42:03Z")

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Found that Opera has a built-in, free VPN, so I’m using that on my phone for the forums now.

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**Author:** ![ghostware](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ghostware/32/187017_2.png) [@ghostware](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ghostware)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/imgur-blocked-in-the-uk/25778/5 "2025-10-10T17:06:41Z")

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Just looked at the AI overviewe of the online safety act. Sounds good on paper, but where’s the fine print? Unless people are allowed to post ■■■■■■■■■■■ on that platform I don’t see the point of blocking the platform. I use it just to host my avatar but this law seems to be an excuse to abuse power.

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**Author:** ![mercifull](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mercifull/32/4051_2.png) [@mercifull](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mercifull)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/imgur-blocked-in-the-uk/25778/6 "2025-10-16T15:20:08Z")

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> [@timeware post\_id=5006737 time=1760116001 user\_id=5230](#):
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> Just looked at the AI overviewe of the online safety act. Sounds good on paper, but where’s the fine print? Unless people are allowed to post ■■■■■■■■■■■ on that platform I don’t see the point of blocking the platform. I use it just to host my avatar but this law seems to be an excuse to abuse power.

It’s absolutely an excuse to abuse power. It’s also an easy to bypass law via VPNs so all it does it harm day-to-day users of the internet.