That’s fair enough.
I think there is some rule that you just provide contact details somewhere on your website, though some companies try super hard to hide it.
The problem is sometimes the contact method is 12 layers of FAQ pages and web forms. Trying to reduce load is one thing, actively avoiding resolving issues is another.
This really is a fucking clown show.
I assume what’s happening here is that they have a bot that will reply a few canned response vaguely related to what you’ve said in the one message.
I don’t suppose there is a way to actually reach a human? This shit should really be illegal.
On Lemmy you can just upload directly to it, at least that’s what I do. Don’t know for the rest of the internet.
Please stop using Imgur because UK folks can’t see images from it
VPNs don’t help, I’ve tried. They must have a block list.
I’d heard this was going to happen, now it’s confirmed.
Thanks for sharing. I should push back on your statement a little.
The investigation relates to how MediaLab’s Imgur social media platform uses children’s information and its approach to age assurance.
And in the Children’s code strategy progress update mentioned.
One platform has committed to introduce age assurance methods, to help ensure that children have an age-appropriate online experience.
To comply with child data protection rules, you necessarily have to either:
It does look like the focus is mostly on data collection, not content moderation, so I will concede on that point. I should have read a bit more into this before commenting.
The title is a little bit misleading, it’s mostly about Imgur not adding the age checking that the UK’s infamously disliked new law requires on possibly mature content.
Age verification is a notoriously difficult problem to solve in a privacy-respecting way, and Imgur is literally about unobtrusive image embeds so I doubt they could even make this work.
The perfect way to kill a platform
They should stay the fuck out of my country. Bloody parasites.
I recently ran a session and wrote an internal blog post about why useEffect was a dangerous crutch that should be avoided wherever possible. This was due to recently experienced over-complicated logic and unexpected interaction bugs.
This is a little different but I still feel vindicated.
Given how crucial to exposing government misconduct FOI requests are in the UK, I imagine this is a path you very much don’t want to go down.
I first thought this was talking about the UK government, as I wouldn’t put it past them to try and push something like this through. I’m both sad and relieved it’s our Australian cousins going through it instead.
To be clear, this seems to be about Australia (?)
What is a Slimer?
Don’t forget transphobia. They seem to have suddenly decided that’s a good idea in the last 3 years.
Good. Now repeal the Online Safety Act.
You can tell they are really improving competition and efficiency by raising the C - suite salaries.
Yeah unfortunately one vote every 4 or 5 years is not enough granularity to weigh in on specific issues. Also, politicians lie about what they will do all the time.
Showing that a large amount of people are against an action, whether by petition or protest, is one of the tools we do have.
This particular piece of legislation has been in the works for two administrations of two different parties. We’re kind of sick of both of them so I think many people will likely vote for a 3rd party the next time around. Possibly the more progressive splinter group of our 'left" party.
Receiving a cease and desist email from your ISP on behalf of rights holders for something you have torrented is almost a right of passage for a young person imo.
Makes you learn to always use a VPN, especially on popular torrents (all it takes is one snooper in the seeds).