The above image is all us folk in the UK see when you do, and if we try to use a VPN + incognito, we get this:

403 means forbidden, so the message is disingenuous.

They must have put some effort into block lists for VPN servers. Even if it works for some of us, it’s not worth it.

For more information on this, see this article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo

    • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      16 hours ago

      it doesn’t even work for me lol

      either my instances CDN uses a UK server somewhere and that blocks it, or you just can’t post imgur images in comments

      i guess we are all british on this cursed day… 😔