Not sure what’s going on here

[Dannyalcatraz]

I’m having the name of the ***** image hosting site (spelled I.M.G.U.R.) get the censoring asterisks treatment, and it’s preventing me from posting images from there.

https://i.*****.com/Ig2YB6D.jpeg

https://*****.com/gallery/offloadin...-*****-folder-on-phone-part-4-7WcQv9m#Ig2YB6D

 

[Obmug]

I’m having the name of the ***** image hosting site (spelled I.M.G.U.R.) get the censoring asterisks treatment, and it’s preventing me from posting images from there.

https://i.*****.com/Ig2YB6D.jpeg

https://*****.com/gallery/offloadin...-*****-folder-on-phone-part-4-7WcQv9m#Ig2YB6D

Morrus indicated here that the hosting site in question was being blocked on this site due to its being inaccessible from the UK.

 

[Morrus]

Yup. That hosting site, for reasons best known to itself, blocks entire countries from viewing it.

 

[Umbran]

Yup. That hosting site, for reasons best known to itself, blocks entire countries from viewing it.

For reasons of UK regulators threatening them with a fine for how they do age checks, and use children's personal data.

Imgur blocks access to UK users after proposed regulatory fine

The image-hosting platform - which is widely used to make memes - was facing a fine over its use of children's data.

www.bbc.com

 

[Morrus]

Well, we’re based in the UK, so when ***** unblocks the UK, we’ll look again at the situation.

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

I’m having the name of the ***** image hosting site (spelled I.M.G.U.R.) get the censoring asterisks treatment, and it’s preventing me from posting images from there.

https://i.*****.com/Ig2YB6D.jpeg

https://*****.com/gallery/offloadin...-*****-folder-on-phone-part-4-7WcQv9m#Ig2YB6D

Have you tried tinyurl?

Edit: just checked, it doesn't work, the hosting website will detect from where the connection originates and serve a different content, not just block DNS acccess. They put more effort into guaranteeing that they don't expose themselves to UK regulation than other websites.

 

[Morrus]

@Morrus: can you see the image (thus allowing you to moderate the content)? It would seem to be a very easy way to defeat the hosting site inability to operate in the UK, but maybe they didn't put a lot of effort into blocking?

Nope.

I'm afraid you'll need to use this site's native image hosting functionality.

Hotlinking images is generally frowned upon anyway. Many platforms won't let you do that, as you can't control when that image will go away. Plus, it leaches the bandwidth of the hotlinked site to the benefit of the site you're hotlinking from (and, depending on that site, can actually bring them down if the traffic is high). We'd much prefer you did not hotlink images on external sites.

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

Too bad. I modified my post after testing it (don't worry, it was a harmless image of a cat).