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Many US news sites have yet to comply with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation after more than two months, leaving European visitors blocked.
Digital outlets run by Tronc, Lee Enterprises and GateHouse Media are among the hundreds of US news websites that remain unavailable within the EU, according to NiemanLab.
The General Data Protection Regulation, also known as GDPR, is designed to give the EU's 500 million citizens greater control over how their information is used online. Adopted in April 2016, its provisions became directly applicable in EU member states after a two-year transitional period.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by canopic jug on Friday August 10 2018, @04:30AM
If they start offering a better class of service to European visitors, then they'd lose reputation and support from US visitors which would affect their bottom line even more. They're already taking a small hit by cutting out some of their market, those in the EU. However, mostly it comes down to MBAs being MBAs and trying to double down on stupitidy and their everything-must-be-made-tos-suck idelology.
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