The above image is all us folk in the UK see when you do, and if we try to use a VPN + incognito, we get this:

403 means forbidden, so the message is disingenuous.

They must have put some effort into block lists for VPN servers. Even if it works for some of us, it’s not worth it.

For more information on this, see this article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo

  • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
    93·
    28 days ago

    it would probe whether the companies were complying with both the UK’s data protection laws, and the children’s code

    So it was for legal reasons. Wow, such surprise.

    Just do some research dude

    Could you not tell that I wasn’t seriously questioning what the infringements were, and was poking fun at your comment that it wasn’t for legal reasons?

    • falseWhite@lemmy.world
      43·
      28 days ago

      Nobody forced them to quit the UK, there are no laws saying they can’t operate in the UK. So what legal reasons?

      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
        31·
        28 days ago

        Imgur hosts pictures of naked people. Pictures of naked people are illegal to send to the UK. How is that not a law saying Imgur can’t operate in the UK?