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Re:Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine by landl0rd on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @03:00PM (#45441801)
No, they claim they can't "avoid accountability" by withdrawing services in the UK. What Imgur cares about is where its staff live and work and pay taxes, which is America. The odds that America will cooperate in going after Imgur if they just block the UK go from slim to none.
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Re:Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine by account42 on Monday October 06, 2025 @06:15AM (#45489744)
More importantly, the US might let the UK go after US companies for the business they do in the UK but they sure as hell won't let the UK go after US companies that explicitly don't do business in the UK.
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