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"Sorry, this content is not available in your region."

No biography.com for you, New Zealand.

Welcome to Aotearoa, where history is doomed to be repeated!

From the fine article:

  > Yamaguchi was born in Nagasaki, Japam, on March 16, 1916.

Either biography.com doesn't proofread, or their proofreader is on vacation in New Zealand and can't access the content either.

Same here.

"Let's have a dot com and block large parts of the world from accessing it"

As annoying as this is - at least it's a very simple HTML page error that loaded instantly. That made me feel glad?

I wonder what us kiwis did to deserve this.

You guys haven't been great at sharing the Bledisloe Cup with us Aussies.

That said also geoblocked here in Australia.

GDPR related perhaps? A lot of sites just blocked everyone outside USA/Canada due to that.

GDPR doesn’t apply to New Zealand.

Although I’d gladly welcome our Kiwi friends into the EU.

GDPR is specifically applicable to EU citizens globally.

Yes, I simplified.

But that still wouldn’t explain why the webpage isn’t available in New Zealand.

So then logically, wouldn't you geoblock earth for compliance reasons?

My best guess is an over-zealous response to some content licensing deal.

To be fair, this ain't available in India either.

I can't access it in Australia either.