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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: 4, Interesting) by qcmdm on Tuesday May 29 2018, @08:30AM (2 children)

    by qcmdm (6966) on Tuesday May 29 2018, @08:30AM (#685489)

    Recently, I've tried to read a new article from the Washington Post, and I've noticed multiple trackers from 13 different companies being simultaneously loaded on the webpage to abuse the readers. You can BLOCK ALL OF THEM, and almost no functionality is lost, they included...

    adsafeprotected.com
    amazon-adsystem.com
    chartbeat.com
    effectivemeasure.net
    facebook.com
    go-mpulse.net
    googletagservices.com
    indexww.com
    krxd.net
    newrelic.com
    outbrain.com
    scorecardresearch.com
    twitter.com

    This number is just an average. Some news sites have even more craps than WaPo. And you now tell me you are so surprised to learn that the only way they can protect user's privacy is to block them?! THEY DESERVE IT.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Demena on Tuesday May 29 2018, @08:49AM

    by Demena (5637) on Tuesday May 29 2018, @08:49AM (#685496)

    Do not forget, it is the THEY that is doing the blocking either for fear of fines or to try and get so many whingers that the legislation is reviewed. If the GDPR stands they stand to lose millions/billion of income they get by flogging off your old data.

  • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday May 29 2018, @04:58PM

    by RS3 (6367) on Tuesday May 29 2018, @04:58PM (#685717)

    I've seen a few websites that detect but don't like my tracker blockers. I have no sympathy. Sometimes they prevent me from seeing the page. ctrl-w.