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> 451: Unavailable due to legal reasons. We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) inc

> 451: Unavailable due to legal reasons. We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time. https://archive.is/ZkH7e https://archive.is/ZkH7e

baxtr 2y ago
Thanks EU for 100s of hours wasted clicking stupid meaningless banners and additionally this now.
- stavros 2y ago
  Yeah if there's a law against corporations selling my phone number to spammers, and the corporations don't want to bother showing me anything if they can't sell my phone number to spammers, that's not the law's fault.
  - deleted 2y ago
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- tsimionescu 2y ago
  This, but actually true. I'm always grateful when a site announces upfront they can't be bothered to respect my privacy, so I don't accidentally browse their content.
  - wjholden 2y ago
    Not saying you're wrong, but there is another possible reason. I often see this kind of thing on very local news websites in the USA. I think it's possible that small-town newspapers simply doesn't believe their local news has any readership in the EU/EEA, but that there is some small chance they could be maliciously targeted for non-compliance with a faraway law.
    - loeg 2y ago
      Not even small chance. Any mention of a person's name where that name might be the same as that of a European person and suddenly they're getting nonsense GPDR requests. It totally makes sense to wall off Europe.
      - tsimionescu 2y ago
        Any proof of this being a problem for small American news sites?
        loeg 2y ago
        If it wasn't a problem, they wouldn't be doing this.
        tsimionescu 2y ago
        They would, if they know they're breaking GDPR rules about selling the personal data of visitors.
        loeg 2y ago
        Sounds like a GDPR problem yes.
  - handzhiev 2y ago
    Many perfectly respect your privacy but don't want to be bothered reading 100 pages vague legal document from the EU.
    - thefounder 2y ago
      I think it’s more likely that they don’t care what happens with your data. They simply install that JS payload and check the revenue at the end of the month.
badgersnake 2y ago
AKA we won’t run a website without selling your data.
timeon 2y ago
Just flag it (probably spyware site) and move on.

baxtr 2y ago

Thanks EU for 100s of hours wasted clicking stupid meaningless banners and additionally this now.

stavros 2y ago
Yeah if there's a law against corporations selling my phone number to spammers, and the corporations don't want to bother showing me anything if they can't sell my phone number to spammers, that's not the law's fault.
- deleted 2y ago
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tsimionescu 2y ago
This, but actually true. I'm always grateful when a site announces upfront they can't be bothered to respect my privacy, so I don't accidentally browse their content.
- wjholden 2y ago
  Not saying you're wrong, but there is another possible reason. I often see this kind of thing on very local news websites in the USA. I think it's possible that small-town newspapers simply doesn't believe their local news has any readership in the EU/EEA, but that there is some small chance they could be maliciously targeted for non-compliance with a faraway law.
  - loeg 2y ago
    Not even small chance. Any mention of a person's name where that name might be the same as that of a European person and suddenly they're getting nonsense GPDR requests. It totally makes sense to wall off Europe.
    - tsimionescu 2y ago
      Any proof of this being a problem for small American news sites?
      - loeg 2y ago
        If it wasn't a problem, they wouldn't be doing this.
        tsimionescu 2y ago
        They would, if they know they're breaking GDPR rules about selling the personal data of visitors.
        loeg 2y ago
        Sounds like a GDPR problem yes.
- handzhiev 2y ago
  Many perfectly respect your privacy but don't want to be bothered reading 100 pages vague legal document from the EU.
  - thefounder 2y ago
    I think it’s more likely that they don’t care what happens with your data. They simply install that JS payload and check the revenue at the end of the month.

badgersnake 2y ago

AKA we won’t run a website without selling your data.

timeon 2y ago

Just flag it (probably spyware site) and move on.