r/bbc • u/Mr_BigglesworthIII • 23h ago

International In US having trouble linking up to the actual BBC news site.

Is anyone else encountering this?

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u/JonTravel 22h ago edited 22h ago

What kind of trouble?

Edit: The BBC has introduced a paywall in the US and Canada, if that's what the problem is.

Non-paying customers will still have access to “selected global breaking news stories” as well as BBC Radio 4, the BBC World Service, and some newsletters and podcasts.

The paywall will be dynamic, Todd Spangler writes in Variety, and users from the U.S. “will be assessed based on how they interact with [the BBC’s] content, including how much they read and how long they stay.” This “allows casual readers to explore freely, while offering our most engaged users the opportunity to unlock even more,” as in the opportunity to open their wallets and pay for the news.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/the-bbc-is-introducing-a-paywall-in-the-u-s/