“We're a local newspaper run by a non-local company, we don't care about European readers”

I was reading Conman's latest article, and he linked to a page called «Transilvania Times». I wanted to see it, but for the first time since the vote of the GPDR my visit was denied because I'm European.

“gemini://station.martinrue.com/adou/f3868913db6e409eae9fa67845f70324 [1]”

The “GPDR” is a typo—the author actually meant the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) [2]. And it pains me to see something like this happen. Here's someone from Europe who was interested in reading a story about a person in a small US (United States) town [3] and yet, they couldn't because the owners of the news website (which isn't owned locally, but instead by a larger company in another state [4]) probably doesn't care about European readers. The company does have a policy for California readers [5], so I don't see why it can't be extended for the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). This is just so short sighted.

[1] gemini://station.martinrue.com/adou/f3868913db6e409eae9fa67845f70324

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation

[3] https://www.cityofbrevard.com/

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNHI

[5] https://www.transylvaniatimes.com/site/california_privacy_policy.html

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