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The front page of the image hosting website is full of John Oliver giving the owner the middle finger.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250828134656/https://www.404media.co/imgurs-community-is-in-full-revolt-against-its-owner/

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes, that's a bullshit lie. They give that error when they false-postive ban you, usually when you're using some tech to prevent them from tracking/fingerprinting you and selling your info.

Because, they have a policy of "fuck marginalized folks like domestic abuse survivors and refugees", apparently

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

I think it's just VPN usage cause I block their attempts to send my data to third parties like Meta, Google, and Mixpanel—yet I can browse Imgur just fine in both Firefox and in the app.