Re:GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restric...
by mc32 on Saturday July 27, 2019 @01:27PM
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They only block really antagonistic regimes which don’t comply with UN and other international sanctions. It has to be a really rogue regime that threatens regional or world peace.
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Re:GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restric...
by markovbot on Saturday July 27, 2019 @02:03PM
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For now. There is absolutely no reason to suspect that won't change in the future.
Re:GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restric...
by jaredklewis on Saturday July 27, 2019 @03:38PM
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Well if the future is just a big black box, why is it reasonable to move to hosts outside the US?
If current conditions are not a good predictor for future conditions, isn't it equally likely that other countries (same as the US), could change in the future to sanction other countries and restrict online services operated there?
Re:GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restric...
by mc32 on Saturday July 27, 2019 @02:11PM
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Is there a jurisdiction which doesn’t have such suspicion? The 1A can weather a lot and carries a lot of weight. Obviously in this case the government has carve-outs for these things but I suspect other jurisdictions have bigger carve-outs.
Re:GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restric...
by molaeiali on Saturday July 27, 2019 @03:23PM
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I don't think it has to do anything with UN and international sanctions, Iranians once negotiated in the Obama's presidency and made a deal with 5+1, after Obama, Trump broke the deal and the US is out of that now, but the rest of the world didn't, so it is just US sanction not "International" or UN sanctions.
On the other hand, blocking Iranian GitHub accounts is helping to change Iran regime? Are Iranian GitHub Users developing nuclear bombs there?
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