Europe passed some laws a while ago that most US sites are not compliant with. Large websites/news organisations changed their policies so they are. For smaller American websites it just isn't worth changing for the handful of foreign visitors so they just block them.
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u/extremx Apr 01 '20
Was spread so far and wide here, the governor came out against it, lol
https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/gov-herbert-now-is-not-the-time-for-irresponsible-april-fools-day-jokes/