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> I wonder how long until companies outside of Europe decide it's easier just to block all traffic from Europe in protest. Exactly this. I already hit error 45

> I wonder how long until companies outside of Europe decide it's easier just to block all traffic from Europe in protest. Exactly this. I already hit error 451 when trying to read some local news in US when browsing from Europe (I don't remember name of the page now). This happened after GPDR came into effect. I can totally relate with companies who don't want to deal with legal mess related with GPDR and other nonsense from EU an prefer to just show the user error 451 page. I'm pretty sure VPN providers and huge companies like Google will benefit from this legislation.

AndyMcConachie 8y ago
European here. I can't view some major newspapers in the US such as the LA Times. Smallers ones like the Virginia Gazette and Daily Press are also verboten for me. Many US newspapers now redirect to tronc.com for a standard disclaimer. For example, the LA Times redirects to http://www.tronc.com/gdpr/latimes.com/ http://www.tronc.com/gdpr/latimes.com/, which says this. 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.
- Grangar 8y ago
  I just use outline.com/[url]. Also helps to circumvent paywalls.
- mike10010100 8y ago
  This also happens to me. Evidently my FiOS IP looks European despite the fact that I live near NYC...
crististm 8y ago
An universal ban like this is exactly the needed cure
swebs 8y ago
> I already hit error 451 when trying to read some local news in US when browsing from Europe The Frederick News Post of Frederick, Maryland does this. https://www.fredericknewspost.com/ https://www.fredericknewspost.com/
spurcell93 8y ago
Ditto. I was in Europe for a month this summer, and a disturbingly large amount of pages were unavailable to me.

AndyMcConachie 8y ago

European here. I can't view some major newspapers in the US such as the LA Times. Smallers ones like the Virginia Gazette and Daily Press are also verboten for me. Many US newspapers now redirect to tronc.com for a standard disclaimer. For example, the LA Times redirects to http://www.tronc.com/gdpr/latimes.com/ http://www.tronc.com/gdpr/latimes.com/, which says this. 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.

Grangar 8y ago
I just use outline.com/[url]. Also helps to circumvent paywalls.
mike10010100 8y ago
This also happens to me. Evidently my FiOS IP looks European despite the fact that I live near NYC...

crististm 8y ago

An universal ban like this is exactly the needed cure

swebs 8y ago

> I already hit error 451 when trying to read some local news in US when browsing from Europe The Frederick News Post of Frederick, Maryland does this. https://www.fredericknewspost.com/ https://www.fredericknewspost.com/

spurcell93 8y ago

Ditto. I was in Europe for a month this summer, and a disturbingly large amount of pages were unavailable to me.