The GDPR was instituted in May 2018. However, it appears that over a thousand websites (at least) have not complied with it. Therefore, users with EU IP addresses cannot access their content. An independent archivist maintains a website listing examples of them associated with US newspapers.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/More-than-1000-US-news-websites-are-still-blocked-in-EU.321202.0.html