“My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanctions as I live in Crimea”

Re:“My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanction... by duxup on Thursday July 25, 2019 @09:43PM (#20531637)

I'm fairly certain you could publish the kind of speech you are referencing in the US or any other nation with similar sanctions right now with no problems.

Not so much free speech in Russia.

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Re:“My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanction... by kragen on Thursday July 25, 2019 @10:15PM (#20531803)

Yes, the situation of freedom of speech in Russia is very bad right now, though not nearly as bad as under Stalin. I'm not sure what the modern equivalent would be of the Communist Party USA's 1948 platform; maybe propaganda in support of Daesh or something?

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Re:“My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanction... by jammygit on Friday July 26, 2019 @12:14AM (#20532315)

Imagine Stalin with modern internet surveillance capabilities

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Re:“My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanction... by kragen on Friday July 26, 2019 @12:30AM (#20532367)

You may not have to imagine for much longer.

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Re:“My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanction... by smsm42 on Friday July 26, 2019 @01:12AM (#20532511)

Google doesn't have free speech, but the USA does. It is legal for a corporation not to have free speech, even if some may consider it morally questionable.

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