Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine

Re:Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine by psychoslave on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @04:29PM (#45430829)

I did contacted them. All of them who didn't yet have a referenced public position on fight chat control for France. By phone. Only two responded with a clear alignment. Good that I did it by phone, because apparently for some of them getting several thousand emails per day can only mean they are victim of a spam attack.

Not only they don't represent anything but there own little interests, but they won't even have the decency to express clearly what they are standing for. Even lip service is not assured anymore.

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Re:Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine by xenophonf on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @05:27PM (#45431466)

> getting several thousand emails per day can only mean they are victim of a spam attack

I think of calling my representative as being like proof of work. It takes a modicum of effort to look up their phone number, compose some spiel, and make the call, compared to delivering spam by the truckload.

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Re:Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine by lores on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @06:52PM (#45432229)

Was it a Green and a Nazi?

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Re:Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine by psychoslave on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @10:49AM (#45438359)

I don’t have my spreadsheet at hand, but obviously no one overtly pretend to be a Nazi among MEP. I’m not aware of the arcanes, but it seems to me that it’s part of their obligations, and some MEPs were actually already sanctioned over this.

https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-meps-sus... https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20250331IP...

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