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róisín_dubh

(12,355 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:41 AM 9 hrs ago

Imgur and UK accounts

There are an increasing number of posts and comments that are simply images posted from Imgur. Many of us in the UK cannot see them, even if using mobile data as opposed to WiFi. Anyone who is blind using a screen reader may have no idea what the image is either. Can someone either provide alt-text or context? Or some workaround?
I realise it’s a lot to ask for the handful of us this might effect, but there’s an increasing number of posts that for some of us just appear as blue boxes, or for the blind, I’m not sure what their screen reader does. It’s incredibly annoying. I get that this is an Imgur thing, but it’s also just a total lack of context - and more importantly- and accessibility issue.

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Imgur and UK accounts (Original Post) róisín_dubh 9 hrs ago OP
Imgur ._. 8 hrs ago #1
If UK users can't see Imgur images EarlG 8 hrs ago #2
I have been using Riseup VPN when I run into apparent blocks and to change IP addresses when downloads are limited by IP usonian 4 hrs ago #3

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(1,850 posts)
1. Imgur
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:14 AM
8 hrs ago

Has been going through some changes (not good ones) recently. I'm thinking what ever is happening to UK users is happening at their end, not Imgurs end.

EarlG

(23,667 posts)
2. If UK users can't see Imgur images
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:43 AM
8 hrs ago

the only workaround I can think of is to use a VPN and set your location to somewhere inside the US when using DU. If you need help doing this, let me know (tell me what kind of browser you're using as well).

Imgur is a third party service so unfortunately there's nothing we can do to make their images functional if they are choosing to block service in the UK.

usonian

(25,749 posts)
3. I have been using Riseup VPN when I run into apparent blocks and to change IP addresses when downloads are limited by IP
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 12:07 PM
4 hrs ago
https://riseup.net/en/vpn

Riseup offers Personal VPN service for censorship circumvention, location anonymization and traffic encryption. To make this possible, it sends all your internet traffic through an encrypted connection to riseup.net, where it then goes out onto the public internet.

Unlike most other VPN providers, Riseup does not log your IP address.


It's free and easy to install and use. No logins etc, and you get to choose an end-point.

RIseup offers other privacy-focused services.

https://riseup.net

There are other VPN's out there. You gotta shop around.
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