alt Hacker News> The GDPR states that websites that serve EU citizens are subject to it,
The GDPR can state that they're the masters of the universe but that doesn't make it true. They lack jurisdiction, they can't sue in US court. The EU suing an US entity, in US court, for breaking EU law sounds like a great comedy I really want to see.
If the EU doesn't want EU citizens to use some service located in another country, they should stop their citizens from going there, like at the border, like blocking the IP, domain, etc.
Nonetheless, some people have decided that the risk isn’t worth it, and have decided to geo-block the EU.
You can choose differently, of course, and I’m not making value judgments here. Just explaining why a small local news site would geo-block the EU.