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Re:Imgur Geo-Blocked the UK, So I Geo-Unblocked My Network by ErroneousBosh on Friday November 28, 2025 @02:06PM (#46081722)
> archive.org is blocked (along with other nsfw type sites), but as the last post in your link to an earlier discussion says, I could get it unblocked by filling in a declaration that I'm over 18. Paying by credit card isn't enough to unblock automatically for this particular package

That's something to do with your provider. Maybe you need a non-crappy provider.

You do not need to provide any kind of declaration that you're over 18 to access archive.org in the UK.

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Re:Imgur Geo-Blocked the UK, So I Geo-Unblocked My Network by 2b3a51 on Friday November 28, 2025 @02:09PM (#46081751)
See comment from another UK resident further down. I suspect it depends on the contract you have, and quite possibly when the contract started.
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Re:Imgur Geo-Blocked the UK, So I Geo-Unblocked My Network by ErroneousBosh on Friday November 28, 2025 @03:36PM (#46082543)
It appears to be something to do with using PAYG SIMs for mobile broadband. Back when I lived ten minutes from one of the largest cities in the country I used 4G, but didn't run into this or their CGNAT crap because I tunneled out to a sane ISP.

Given that you can buy a SIM that'll give you a couple of hundred GB of data for under a tenner, it seems reasonable that they'd block stuff you didn't want young children getting access to (easily).

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