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r�is�n_dubh

(12,374 posts) Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:41 AM Apr 14

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) r�is�n_dubh Apr 14 OP

Imgur ._. Apr 14 #1

If UK users can't see Imgur images EarlG Apr 14 #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 Apr 14 #3

The workaround I'm using for images a thread makes sound worth a wait is archive.ph muriel_volestrangler 7 hrs ago #4

That's great, thank you... r�is�n_dubh 37 min ago #5

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1. Imgur

Reply to r�is�n_dubh (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:14 AM

Apr 14

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

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2. If UK users can't see Imgur images

Reply to r�is�n_dubh (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:43 AM

Apr 14

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

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3. I have been using Riseup VPN when I run into apparent blocks and to change IP addresses when downloads are limited by IP

Reply to r�is�n_dubh (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 12:07 PM

Apr 14

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.

muriel_volestrangler

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4. The workaround I'm using for images a thread makes sound worth a wait is archive.ph

Reply to r�is�n_dubh (Original post)

Sun Apr 26, 2026, 03:47 PM

7 hrs ago

or the .is or whatever other domains it also appears on. If you copy the URL of the image, and then submit it to the "My url is alive and I want to archive its content" box, it will archive everything needed to reproduce the imgur page with the image, and is then accessible from the UK. But this does take a couple of minutes - it does all kinds of bits and pieces around the central image.

r�is�n_dubh

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5. That's great, thank you...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #4)

Sun Apr 26, 2026, 10:38 PM

37 min ago

for the suggestion!

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