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Re:It's been three years. Stop saying your European visitors... by denton-scratch on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:56AM (#27856893)
No.

The GDPR requires sites not to discriminate. It is a violation to refuse to serve users because they are in Europe.

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Re:It's been three years. Stop saying your European visitors... by choko on Friday July 16, 2021 @01:20PM (#27858641)
Laws in Europe apply to European subjects only, not the entire world. Europe has no authority to force a non-European company to serve it's subjects.
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Re:It's been three years. Stop saying your European visitors... by ric2b on Monday July 19, 2021 @09:40AM (#27882539)
It certainly has authority to block it from doing business in the EU if they don't comply, and to back that block with legal action against employees or assets inside the region if the company keeps breaking the law.
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Re:It's been three years. Stop saying your European visitors... by bradleyjg on Friday July 16, 2021 @12:36PM (#27858053)
King Canute required the waves to stop. How did that work out for him?
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Re:It's been three years. Stop saying your European visitors... by denton-scratch on Saturday July 17, 2021 @01:17AM (#27863676)
To be fair on old Knut, his piece of seaside theatre was meant as a put-down for his flattering courtiers, who had told him he was so great he could stop the tide. He wanted to prove the opposite.
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