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by vintermann 724 days ago
That's geoblocked.
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Strange, I'm in Mexico and if anyone gets blocked it's usually me. But I can read this one.

Anyway here you go:

https://archive.ph/ru5Jm

Many US newspapers block users from the EU because they fear GDPR.

Not sure why newspapers are "leading" on that front. All the tech sites are open.

The advertising networks and associated trackers on many news sites would not pass gdpr
Sure. But I doubt the tech sites which are mostly open use significantly different ad networks.