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Re:GDPR: US news sites unavailable to EU users over data pro... by trothamel on Friday May 25, 2018 @11:06AM (#17154389)
Not sure why this is getting downvoted, since it's true. As a thought experiment, why should this have any more relevance to a company that's in the US than the Thai law that prevents criticism of their king.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A8se_majest%C3%A9_in_Thai...

I suspect what we'll see soon is a law protecting US companies from EU overreach, comparable to the SPEECH ACT.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPEECH_Act

It would not surprise me if some US companies are holding back, because they expect similar protections from foreign law to be passed here.

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