Imgur, one of the web’s most popular image sharing and hosting platforms, has shut off access to its site to users in the United Kingdom, following a notice of a fine by the country’s data protection watchdog.

According to reports on social media, users attempting to load Imgur from the U.K. are met with an error message that says: “Content not available in your region.”

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in March had launched an investigation into various social media platforms, including Imgur, looking at how they use children’s data, and protect the privacy of minors in the country.

The regulator said on Tuesday that it had reached provisional findings in the investigation, and had notified Imgur’s parent company, MediaLab AI, earlier this month that it intended to impos

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