Why do American restaurant chains block their websites in Australia?

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None of these are accessible from Australia/NZ...https://www.applebees.com/enhttps://www.daveandbusters.com/sports-bar-and-restauranthttps://www.olivegarden.com/homehttps://www.ihop.com/enhttps://www.buffalowildwings.com/https://www.redrobin.com/

orionblastar · Accepted Answer

I think your ISP is blocking those sites because they assumed they were hackers or spamming

sneak · Answer

If I had to guess, they block them from all non-US IPs to avoid having to contend with GDPR.It's not like they care about marketing to people who can't be their customers anyway.

Why do American restaurant chains block their websites in Australia?

None of these are accessible from Australia/NZ...
https://www.applebees.com/en
https://www.daveandbusters.com/sports-bar-and-restaurant
https://www.olivegarden.com/home
https://www.ihop.com/en
https://www.buffalowildwings.com/
https://www.redrobin.com/

I think your ISP is blocking those sites because they assumed they were hackers or spamming

If I had to guess, they block them from all non-US IPs to avoid having to contend with GDPR.
It's not like they care about marketing to people who can't be their customers anyway.