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This website responds with a plain 403 'Access Denied' for european users.

I guess it's American-made propaganda with export controls because it's considered "munitions."

I suspect it's more likely overzealous GDPR paranoia. Not that that's any better.

Or more likely a simple cost-benefit analysis.

What provides the cost of allowing Europeans to see it? The server costs?

At the minimum a lawyer and a technical audit. GDPR compliance is not free and for a local news station in Buffalo it's probably just not worth it.

Ah, I see, you were disagreeing with the "overzealous/paranoid" part rather than the "GDPR" part. I get it now. Thank you.