The GDPR states that websites that serve EU citizens are subject to it, no matter where they are. Many US news organizations chose to geo-block the EU rather than going to the trouble of figuring out compliance.

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TurdF3rguson 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Yes but it means serve them specifically. If the main audience is US and some EU visitors happen by, it's not violation. Or at least it's not enforceable violation.

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baby_souffle 2 days ago | parent [-]

And that might even be true. But it's still at least an hour of retained council's time to deal with it. It's not even 90 seconds to find the geo filter button in your CDN of choice and save you the trouble entirely.

	▲	TurdF3rguson 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		The truth is every single website with Google Analytics and no consent screen is in violation so I imagine whoever is in charge of enforcing GDPR has long ago decided to pick his battles.

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GJim a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Many US news organizations chose to geo-block the EU rather than going to the trouble of figuring out compliance.

Funny init.

Rather than do the ethical thing and treat their own (American) users personal data with respect, they instead geoblock an entire continent.

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bigbadfeline 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> The GDPR states that websites that serve EU citizens are subject to it,

The GDPR can state that they're the masters of the universe but that doesn't make it true. They lack jurisdiction, they can't sue in US court. The EU suing an US entity, in US court, for breaking EU law sounds like a great comedy I really want to see.

If the EU doesn't want EU citizens to use some service located in another country, they should stop their citizens from going there, like at the border, like blocking the IP, domain, etc.

	▲	jdlshore 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Nonetheless, some people have decided that the risk isn’t worth it, and have decided to geo-block the EU. You can choose differently, of course, and I’m not making value judgments here. Just explaining why a small local news site would geo-block the EU.

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jazzyjackson 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The GDPR can state whatever it wants but what are the consequences? If the taliban pass a law about what is required to serve websites in Afghanistan, for instance, what obligation am I under to even notice?

If I am Reuters and AP and have offices in EU of course I am interested in complying with local law, but it doesn’t make sense to me for a local newspaper to care whether they are in compliance with foreign statutes.

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godwinson__4-8 2 days ago | parent [-]

Westerners don't travel to Afghanistan. Europe is not a pariah continent. Does this really need to be explained to you? You think global integration with Europe vs Afghanistan is comparable?

	▲	jazzyjackson 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Obviously an extreme comparison to make a point because either way it’s not going to result in me being extradited Still I will maintain that individuals are not going to face repercussions on vacation because they happen to manage a web property out of compliance with GDPR
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