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EU's General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect today. Rather than comply with it, some US news sites have chosen to simply block EU users.

Posted by pseudolobster
Tags: privacy, gdpr, european union, websites, journalism, usa, data, data protection, source.bbc
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44248448

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US news sites unavailable in EU over GDPR
Published
May 25 2018
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801 words

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  1. Flashynuff
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    Lol, it's not a big site but the Tampermonkey forums have shut down entirely.

    Lol, it's not a big site but the Tampermonkey forums have shut down entirely.

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  2. pseudolobster
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    Despite having two years to prepare, some sites are saying: More coverage at The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/25/gdpr-us-based-news-websites-eu-internet-users-la-times

    Despite having two years to prepare, some sites are saying:

    “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.”

    More coverage at The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/25/gdpr-us-based-news-websites-eu-internet-users-la-times

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