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Re:Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine by bapak on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @06:00PM (#45431757)
Well, it relates in that the UK also hates encryption and is extremely likely to get their own Chat Control anytime this decade.
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Re:Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine by FinnKuhn on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @06:09PM (#45431840)
The same could be said for the US as well though looking at the EARN IT Act that is reintroduced every couple of years just like Chat Control in the EU with both having failed multiple times so far.
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Re:Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine by rightbyte on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @05:17AM (#45435799)
The UK allready has its own Chat Control-ish though in:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023

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