This is happening with other browsers, not just Brave. I get the same error with Firefox and Chrome:
Browser Blocked
We apologize, but your web browser is configured in such a way that it is preventing this site from implementing required components that protect your privacy and allow you to view and change your privacy settings. This functionality is required for privacy legislation in your region.
We recommend you use a different browser or disable the “EasyList Cookie” filter from your “Content Filtering” settings (found under “Settings” -> “Shields” in the Brave Browser).
Interestingly enough, I can open the CNN website Opera and Edge just fine. My location is in Germany.
cnn.com is a pretty rough experience these days.
But lite.cnn.com still loads stories near instantly with no bloat / ads.
CNN is blocking ad blockers, not just Brave.
It shows that browser link, with the following content:
We apologize, but your web browser is configured in such a way that it is preventing this site from implementing required components that protect your privacy and allow you to view and change your privacy settings. This functionality is required for privacy legislation in your region.
We recommend you use a different browser or disable the “EasyList Cookie” filter from your “Content Filtering” settings (found under “Settings” -> “Shields” in the Brave Browser).
To fix this problem add cnn.com to your blocklist.
With Brave on Ubuntu:
- This URL prints a blocked message: https://www.cnn.com/browser-blocked
- This URL works fine: https://www.cnn.com/
I am always nervous about tiny browsers claiming to protect your privacy but really they are the ones shipping it out.
I think this is now fixed (or worked around) by https://github.com/easylist/easylist/issues/17937 ?
No, it isn't. I'm using Brave right now AND a number of DNS lists at the router, and cnn.com is still working.
Nothing worth seeing there anyways.
They've also blocked the video player when you switch off of the tab. So I pop out the video in Firefox and play it in the background.
It works for me on Brave. Probably only does that when the skip gdpr notices is enabled.I noticed a lot kf sites behave abnormal when that option is enabled.
Good sign Brave is working for the user. I haven't followed CNN in a long time. There is something extremely superficial about them.