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A comment on GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea. Parent comment

Re:GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria ... by meddlepal on Monday July 29, 2019 @08:31AM (#20553843)
It's relatively easy to avoid sanctions in the first place or have them removed: comply with US demands.

Most of the world does this just fine. There's a few bad actors out there screwing their countries and their people.

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Re:GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria ... by tsimionescu on Monday July 29, 2019 @08:52AM (#20554045)
I'm hoping you're being sarcastic - if so, you're right, the US is becoming more and more transparent in its use of power to simply force countries to do whatever it wants.
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