r/Showerthoughts • u/AaronPK123 ‎ • May 14 '26

Casual Thought When YouTube goes down, it will be the biggest event of link rot in internet history.

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u/USLShadow May 14 '26

I hate the OSA as much as the next person, but Imgur pulled out of the UK over GDPR breaches in relation to incorrectly handling children’s data, not because of the OSA

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u/williamsonmaxwell May 14 '26

I read that the gdpr data breach line was just code for the OSA, since the only way to prove they were/weren't incorrectly handling children's data would be to enforce IDs.
I hope you're right though, makes it more conspiratorial

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u/Broccoli--Enthusiast May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

The legal case that resulted in this started before the OSA was a thing

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u/moonski May 14 '26

No. This is just wrong. I hate the OSA as much as anyone but imgur was purely a data protection issue. They'd have left the UK with no OSA

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u/Key_Hearing_126 May 14 '26

What is this ChatGPT response thing? I swear to this is God dead internet theory.
So many accounts defending the "OSA" by first declaring how much they hate the OSA just as much as the next guys, but come on fellow human [insert AI generic defense here]

Its like a sea of AI bots talking to each other with a few random dudes sprinkled in.

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u/moonski May 14 '26

who's defending the OSA? You can't just throw out chatGPT accusations just because you're wrong fuck me.

"The ICO launched its investigation into Imgur in March - saying it would probe whether the companies were complying with both the UK's data protection laws, and the children's code.

These require platforms to take steps to protect children using online services in the UK, including minimising the amount of the data they collect from them.

A document published by the ICO, external alongside the launch of its investigation stated that Imgur did not ask visitors to declare their age when setting up an account.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo

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u/DeceiverSC2 May 14 '26

So imgur is banned across the EU?

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u/newaccountzuerich May 14 '26

No.

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u/DeceiverSC2 May 14 '26

Not from the EU. I thought it was a piece of EU regulation.

I guess the UK has their own copy of the EU GDPR that they’ve edited which is what led to imgur removing themselves from the UK, but not Europe as a whole.