IMGUR BAN IN UK
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 5:42 am
For anyone who uses Imgur to hold their pictures and then links them to our forum, please be aware that as of the end of September 2025, Imgur has imposed a blanket UK-wide ban on accessing their servers. This means that no pictures hosted on Imgur, from way back when, and in the future, are visible to anyone in the UK. We just see a message that says "This content is not available in your area".
This ban has nothing to do with the pictures themselves ( or this forum), it is a knee-jerk reaction by Imgur to the UK Online Safety Act which is intended to add some protection against kids accessing the nastier corners of the 'net.
However, it means that any pictures that you have posted AT ANY TIME IN THE PAST, via Imgur, are now un-viewable in the UK. Nothing much we can do about that but please find another host for your pictures going forward.
This ban has nothing to do with the pictures themselves ( or this forum), it is a knee-jerk reaction by Imgur to the UK Online Safety Act which is intended to add some protection against kids accessing the nastier corners of the 'net.
However, it means that any pictures that you have posted AT ANY TIME IN THE PAST, via Imgur, are now un-viewable in the UK. Nothing much we can do about that but please find another host for your pictures going forward.