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by mamouri 1516 days ago
https://archive.ph/YtPLb

The site is not available for European visiotrs due to legal reasons:

>>> We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time.

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For websites with specifically-American audiences, it can often be easier to only allow people from their intended readership access than to correctly understand and implement compliance to a foreign law. In this case, it's a local news website.
It’s not that complicated. Just don’t collect any private/profiling information and you’re good.

They’d probably rather stay with a more limited audience that keeps their ad CTRs up, than dilute the numbers with unmonetized visitors.

Why would a local news site care about GDPR compliance? It's not like enforcement is even feasible.