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Various US News Websites Blocked as Europe's GDPR Data Privacy Law Goes Into Effect

posted by Fnord666 on Monday May 28 2018, @11:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the nothing-of-value-was-lost dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

This is the exact quote, folks. No games!

It's anything but a happy General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) day for several major U.S. news organizations as their websites are temporarily blocked in Europe as a new data privacy law goes into effect today.

Websites such as the LA Times, NY Daily News and Chicago Tribune are all temporarily blocked this morning, saying their content is unavailable in most European countries.

Anyone trying to access the sites, which also include those owned by Tronc and Lee Enterprises (examples include Orlando Sentinel [Tronc], Arizona Daily Sun and the St. Louis Dispatch [Lee Entperises]) see a message explaining that the website is working with European authorities on trying to get access back as quickly as possible.

Source: foxnews.com/tech/2018/05/25/various-us-news-websites-blocked-as-europe-s-gdpr-data-privacy-law-goes-into-effect.html

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @12:40AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @12:40AM (#685370)

    another silly exercise in fake protection by governments

    A claim that requires evidence.

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday May 29 2018, @12:51AM (6 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday May 29 2018, @12:51AM (#685373)

    It's frojack. He is a paid up member of the Fox News cult, where all governments are bad and everything they do is to remove someone's "freedom".

    Being one of the useful idiots on the internet is what he does.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:08AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:08AM (#685378)

      He is a paid up member of the Fox News cult

      Another claim that requires evidence.

      Not essential, though; useful idiots are more useful if they act from their internal conviction than when they are paid.

      • (Score: 4, Funny) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:38AM

        by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:38AM (#685386)

        That is true A/C, but I assumed that Fox was one of those "Pay TV" channels I have heard so much about.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:14AM (3 children)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 29 2018, @01:14AM (#685380) Journal

      A claim that requires evidence.

      It's frojack. ... Being one of the useful idiots on the internet is what he does.

      Doesn't hurt the soylenters to be reminded about, does it?
      I mean, growing older doesn't usually enhance memory, I know it from direct experience

      (large grin).

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      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday May 29 2018, @02:13AM (2 children)

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday May 29 2018, @02:13AM (#685395) Homepage Journal

        It does enhance mammararies though, up until sometime in the teens to early twenties.

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        • (Score: 4, Funny) by Nerdfest on Tuesday May 29 2018, @02:37AM

          by Nerdfest (80) on Tuesday May 29 2018, @02:37AM (#685409)

          ... and in men, from 40 to 80.

        • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday May 29 2018, @03:55AM

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 29 2018, @03:55AM (#685437) Journal

          It does enhance mammararies though, up until sometime in the teens to early twenties.

          You confused "growing up" with "growing old".
          Now, if you didn't do it on purpose, I'd start to worry about the mental processes (large grin)

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