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Imgur’s decision to suspend access for UK users in September 2025 was an early signal that regulatory pressure was building. The platform’s parent company has now learned the financial cost of that pressure.
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has fined MediaLab, which operates image hosting company Imgur, £247,590 ($337,000) for violations of the UK GDPR.
According to the regulator, the company processed children’s personal data without a lawful basis, failed to implement effective age assurance measures, and did not complete a required data protection impact assessment.
The ICO’s findings focus on how children under 13 were able to use the service without verified parental consent or “any other lawful basis.”
The regulator also determined that the company lacked meaningful age checks. That means the platform did not reliably verify whether users were children before collecting and processing their data. Additionally, MediaLab did not conduct a formal risk assessment to examine how its service might affect minors’ rights and freedoms.
“MediaLab failed in its legal duties to protect children, putting them at unnecessary risk,” said UK Information Commissioner John Edwards. “For years, it allowed children to use Imgur without any effective age checks, while collecting and processing their data, which in turn exposed them to harmful and inappropriate content. Age checks help organizations keep children’s personal information safe.”
He added, “Ignoring the fact that children use these services, while processing their data unlawfully, is not acceptable. Companies that choose to ignore this can expect to face similar enforcement action.”
The ICO says it has the authority to impose fines of up to £17.5 million or 4 percent of an organization’s annual global revenue, whichever is higher. In setting the penalty at £247,590, the office stated that it “took into consideration the number of children affected by this breach, the degree of potential harm caused, the duration of the contraventions, and the company’s global turnover.”
This enforcement action sits within a broader UK policy change toward mandatory online age verification.
Lawmakers and regulators have increasingly pressed platforms to deploy age assurance tools that can include document checks, facial age estimation, or third-party verification services. All-privacy invasive.
While positioned as child protection measures, these systems often require users to submit government-issued identification or biometric data simply to access online services.
Other US-based platforms have already faced similar demands. Discord, for example, has had to consider additional age checks and compliance adjustments to continue operating in the UK under new online safety and data protection requirements.
Smaller services have publicly weighed whether compliance costs and identity verification mandates are compatible with their existing privacy models.
Mandatory age verification carries structural risks. Requiring ID uploads or biometric scans to browse or post online alters the nature of internet participation.
Services that once allowed pseudonymous or anonymous access may be pressured to check identity documents, creating centralized stores of sensitive personal data. Each new database of passports, driver’s licenses, or facial templates becomes a potential target for misuse or breach.
British regulators are increasingly extending their authority beyond domestic companies. MediaLab is a US company, yet the UK thinks it is subject to UK enforcement because its service is accessible to UK residents. By applying British standards to international platforms, the government is asserting regulatory control over how foreign companies design and operate their global products.
prefer this version
there's a third version somewhere with mic peaking that I actually like even more. she has a professional voice, my theory has always been that disappeared because she does professional vocals.
There's also a 2024 version uploaded by "mendisliker" and it's a pooner...
(Turns out it was always made by a pooner too.)
Josh's curse of creators of things he likes becoming trannies strikes againThere are also two versions on soundcloud, one by her and one by a different singer.
And pooner isn't the worst of it, girl's fucked up.
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(mithliya here is the menalez credited in the gmmf video, she changed her username at one point. Kind of a lolcow herself)
Someone also made an eight page callout doc in 2020 about mendisliker/elliot/etc containing dubious claims of pedophilia, fetishism, and a dilator incident. I gave up archiving the images because it's all really stupid and basically nothing. Everybody involved was molested and coping poorly in their own way. Just pure, uncut tumblr drama.
imagine being angry at having more optionsReminder, you can never hate niggers enough, they are unable to even conceptualize that you could buy cheese, grate it, and then put it in a taco. To the negro mind, only pre-grated cheese specifically marketed as ''Taco Cheese'' can be put in a taco, and a lack of pre-grated cheese strictly labelled as ''Taco Cheese'' is of course the fault of gentrifying wypipo:
Just one more reason to despise niggers - They can't even comprehend buying cheese and grating...mp4
Are you guys gonna talk about the tranny shooting and the failure of Canadian gun control in episode 4Kiwi Casino 3 is going out on Locals and Gumroad at 1pm.
any woman
I fed my description of my room to Gemini.SUFFFAHHH
How is a $1000 battery only keeping the power on for 15 minutes?! How much power do you use?<v Josh>And then I actually have a $1,000 battery that I had to get a custom-installed
<v Josh>NEMA plug into so that when the power goes out, as it often does,
<v Josh>my entire room stays lit for up to 15 minutes.
lol the sword.I fed my description of my room to Gemini.
<v Josh>I have my closet That's where I keep my coin and weapons and ammunition
<v Josh>in the closet. i have a single bed in one corner and then
<v Josh>Taking up most of my room I have a big table
<v Josh>that takes up half of my room and on it is a triple monitor 4k
<v Josh>240 frames per second surround
<v Josh>video assembly okay to the point
<v Josh>where if i try to boot windows open with all three monitors on it actually breaks
<v Josh>windows so i have to turn one off to start the computer and then turn one on
<v Josh>and then and i have a weird like corner of my room that nothing fits into except
<v Josh>my 24 unit server chassis okay i actually have a rack.
<v Josh>Yeah i have a 10 gigabit switch okay i have my network attached storage I have
<v Josh>my server. And then I have...
<v Josh>And then I actually have a $1,000 battery that I had to get a custom-installed
<v Josh>NEMA plug into so that when the power goes out, as it often does,
<v Josh>my entire room stays lit for up to 15 minutes.
<v Josh>Okay my audio foam was a wonderful background.
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It's actually fucking uncanny
lmao @ the third monitor being a BSOD
I'm sure it's just a coincidence it looks exactly like the room from Lain!
Why do you have a shortsword?I fed my description of my room to Gemini.
<v Josh>I have my closet That's where I keep my coin and weapons and ammunition
<v Josh>in the closet. i have a single bed in one corner and then
<v Josh>Taking up most of my room I have a big table
<v Josh>that takes up half of my room and on it is a triple monitor 4k
<v Josh>240 frames per second surround
<v Josh>video assembly okay to the point
<v Josh>where if i try to boot windows open with all three monitors on it actually breaks
<v Josh>windows so i have to turn one off to start the computer and then turn one on
<v Josh>and then and i have a weird like corner of my room that nothing fits into except
<v Josh>my 24 unit server chassis okay i actually have a rack.
<v Josh>Yeah i have a 10 gigabit switch okay i have my network attached storage I have
<v Josh>my server. And then I have...
<v Josh>And then I actually have a $1,000 battery that I had to get a custom-installed
<v Josh>NEMA plug into so that when the power goes out, as it often does,
<v Josh>my entire room stays lit for up to 15 minutes.
<v Josh>Okay my audio foam was a wonderful background.
View attachment 8550500
It's actually fucking uncanny
lmao @ the third monitor being a BSOD





Null's turning into a Loon (Lain + Troon). He's going Loony.I'm sure it's just a coincidence it looks exactly like the room from Lain!
FYI from a guy who's done the job: Almost anything works better for sound diffusion/dampening than that stuff does. If you can buy it, it's crap. It is, like you say, podcast background. A prop.Okay my audio foam was a wonderful background.
Take it from Nick Rochefort Null, there's a difference between maximalism and a hoarder house, figure it out and you will die with the coolest things.FYI from a guy who's done the job: Almost anything works better for sound diffusion/dampening than that stuff does. If you can buy it, it's crap. It is, like you say, podcast background. A prop.
If you want less sound problems and you can't get a custom job done (or do the calculations and build complex futuristic wood sculptures yourself), just have a bunch of shit in your room. The best-sounding studios look like a cluttered house, not like the expensive offices they always show people recording cartoon voiceovers in.
A single well-placed Jelly Hoshiumi plushie would do more for you than a whole room of "sound" foam. And you'd be supporting our oshi (of the week).
i mean it really did help, I just put it behind / in front to stop bouncing.FYI from a guy who's done the job: Almost anything works better for sound diffusion/dampening than that stuff does. If you can buy it, it's crap. It is, like you say, podcast background. A prop.
If you want less sound problems and you can't get a custom job done (or do the calculations and build complex futuristic wood sculptures yourself), just have a bunch of shit in your room. The best-sounding studios look like a cluttered house, not like the expensive offices they always show people recording cartoon voiceovers in.
A single well-placed Jelly Hoshiumi plushie would do more for you than a whole room of "sound" foam. And you'd be supporting our oshi (of the week).
In that price regime and terrible performance backup whole house options start to seem reasonable, like an e-car with v2h or a generac.How is a $1000 battery only keeping the power on for 15 minutes?! How much power do you use?
At that price range I think (?) you could get a 12V 240AH battery that should last an hour or two even if you're using up like 1000 watts.