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Europeans would rather have the GDPR than be able to read American news sites. American news sites would rather block European readers than comply with the GDPR
by bradleyjg 5y ago
Europeans would rather have the GDPR than be able to read American news sites. American news sites would rather block European readers than comply with the GDPR.
Everything is working as intended, no?
- denton-scratch 5y agoNo. The GDPR requires sites not to discriminate. It is a violation to refuse to serve users because they are in Europe.
- bradleyjg 5y agoKing Canute required the waves to stop. How did that work out for him?
- denton-scratch 5y agoTo be fair on old Knut, his piece of seaside theatre was meant as a put-down for his flattering courtiers, who had told him he was so great he could stop the tide. He wanted to prove the opposite.
- choko 5y agoLaws in Europe apply to European subjects only, not the entire world. Europe has no authority to force a non-European company to serve it's subjects.
- ric2b 5y agoIt certainly has authority to block it from doing business in the EU if they don't comply, and to back that block with legal action against employees or assets inside the region if the company keeps breaking the law.