LA Times among US-based news sites blocking EU users due to GDPR
by Alex Hern and Martin Belam from Technology | The Guardian on (#3QZPQ)
LA Times, Chicago Tribune and others redirect to pages saying sites are currently unavailable in most European countries
The general data protection regulation, which has come into effect, has prompted a number of prestigious US-based websites including the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune to shut off access to internet users in the EU.
Visitors to newspapers owned by Tronc Inc - formerly Tribune Publishing - which also includes the New York Daily News, the Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel and the San Diego Union-Tribune, are being redirected to a page with the message: "Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries.
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