I think a number of US news sites (e.g. LA Times) still block EU traffic. Furthermore, GDPR has caused a massive decrease in the number of newly registered dom

I think a number of US news sites (e.g. LA Times) still block EU traffic. Furthermore, GDPR has caused a massive decrease in the number of newly registered domains that are successfully recognized as spam: > Prior to the implementation of GDPR, security researchers were able to identify and block 1.8 million newly registered malicious domains in October of 2017 alone. Fast forward to February of 2019 and that number drops to less than 160,000.[0] And it has caused a major annoyance for the general public, who mindlessly consent to almost every "consent" prompt they are given.[1] Companies are also at the mercy of their regional government when it comes to compliance. A company in Greece was fined 150,000 euros, not because the law made it illegal to process data in the way they did, but because the reason they provided for processing was the "wrong" one.[2] > PWC asked its employees for permission to process their personal data when it should have used a different legal basis (combination of contract, legal obligations and legitimate interest). [(2)] In effect, their effort to follow the law made them break the law, even though their actions were legal under Article 6, Section 1 of the GDPR.[3] This flies in the face of the EU's language in 2018, where they suggested that companies attempt to follow the "spirit of the law" rather than to worry about dotting i's and crossing t's. Oddly enough, regulators seem to be pleased with this outcome of seemingly arbitrary enforcement. [0]: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20191213_the_high_cost_of_privacy_in_a_post_gdpr_world/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/20191213_the_high_cost_of_priv... [1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/04/gdpr-has-frustrated-users-and-regulators.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/04/gdpr-has-frustrated-users-an... [2]: https://iapp.org/news/a/just-say-yes-gdpr-consent-is-not-as-simple-as-it-seems/ https://iapp.org/news/a/just-say-yes-gdpr-consent-is-not-as-... [3]: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-6-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-6-gdpr/