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It's blocked in Germany.
by whyever 8y ago
It's blocked in Germany.
- chris_wot 8y agoUnder what grounds? Sure, GDPR and all, but what specifically triggered this?
- CydeWeys 8y agoLaziness. Some sites are just blocking all European visitors on the mistaken assumption that that complies with GDPR. They're not willing to undertake any further dev work.
- mirashii 8y agoI don't think it's useful to use laziness to describe this, as it's needlessly perjorative. It may be that they've decided that the ROI is not there for complying with GDPR, or that the risk of an inadvertant fail is too high and expensive. Laziness may be the case, but it's unwise to assume.
- jrs95 8y agoIf the site is the only business they have in Europe, it ought to be GDPR compliant. They’re essentially just pulling out of Europe rather than changing their product. It’s not like GDPR says every website on the internet is forced to serve the European market.
- babarock 8y agoYou say laziness, I say censorship. Which one of us is right?
- the-dude 8y agoFrom: http://www.tronc.com/gdpr/latimes.com/ http://www.tronc.com/gdpr/latimes.com/ ( hmmm, that is where I get redirected to ). "Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism."