<story><title>GDPR: US news sites unavailable to EU users over data protection rules</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44248448</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sireat</author><text>That looks fantastic, I would actually read USA Today if this lean site sticks around.&lt;p&gt;If they want to monetize, publishers should control their own generic ad inventory (like they used to in old pre internet days) and ask for opt-in if you want customization.&lt;p&gt;Easy on paper but hard in reality.</text></item><item><author>flohofwoe</author><text>Alternatively there&amp;#x27;s this: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;eu.usatoday.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;eu.usatoday.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;No ads, no tracking, no cookies, not even Javascript. Just plain HTML+CSS and JPEG images. The whole front page is around 650 KByte, and by far most of this is in the image files. As a result the page looks very clean and loads very fast.&lt;p&gt;This is what all news web sites should look like, not just for EU readers (although I fear that this is just a temporary solution until they&amp;#x27;ve figured out that whole GDPR thing...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>oldcynic</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;This site does not collect personally identifiable information or persistent identifiers from, deliver a personalized experience to, or otherwise track or monitor persons reasonably identified as visiting our Site from the European Union. We do identify EU internet protocol (IP) addresses for the purpose of determining whether to direct you to USA TODAY NETWORK’s EU Experience.&lt;p&gt;This site provides news and information of USA TODAY NETWORK. We hope you enjoy the site.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Colour me impressed. I sincerely hope it catches on.</text></comment>
<story><title>GDPR: US news sites unavailable to EU users over data protection rules</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44248448</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sireat</author><text>That looks fantastic, I would actually read USA Today if this lean site sticks around.&lt;p&gt;If they want to monetize, publishers should control their own generic ad inventory (like they used to in old pre internet days) and ask for opt-in if you want customization.&lt;p&gt;Easy on paper but hard in reality.</text></item><item><author>flohofwoe</author><text>Alternatively there&amp;#x27;s this: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;eu.usatoday.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;eu.usatoday.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;No ads, no tracking, no cookies, not even Javascript. Just plain HTML+CSS and JPEG images. The whole front page is around 650 KByte, and by far most of this is in the image files. As a result the page looks very clean and loads very fast.&lt;p&gt;This is what all news web sites should look like, not just for EU readers (although I fear that this is just a temporary solution until they&amp;#x27;ve figured out that whole GDPR thing...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rdlecler1</author><text>I call BS on this. You’re going to read a publication because of the relevance and quality of the content. USA Today Europe will no longer have metrics to sell advertising which may then force them to dial back on their writers salaries.</text></comment>