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Indeed.

archive.org to the rescue..

https://web.archive.org/web/20210213184821/https://www.news1...

And who is AT&T?

A dumb pipe company.

Clearly we're not important, otherwise you guys would follow the rules. Actually blocking the access is against the law.

Expecting a random local news station in the US to subject itself to European jurisdiction and follow European privacy laws is a bit of a stretch, IMO.

Shutting down complete access instead of holding back a few cookies is a bit of a stretch as well.

If you must fail, please fail-open then.

And if you decide to fail-close, don’t lie: We’re unimportant to you so you decided to fail-close, and you’re not “working” on anything. You think it’s ok and it can be left like this.

Ha! You attempting to access a computer service that you aren’t supposed to have access to is against the law.