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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by SpicyLemonZest on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:02AM (#24886325)
One of the things Iran's unambiguously guilty of is these same kinds of access restrictions. If you've ever wondered why Google's sanctions-related controversy was focused on Google Cloud, it's because that was the biggest Google service allowed at the time - search, Gmail, and Youtube had already been banned by the Iranian government.

So while I share the skepticism expressed upthread that blocking websites is effective diplomacy, it's hard for me to look at the situation and see a one-sided problem.

Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by miracle2k on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:19AM (#24886469)
A couple things to note here. Youtube is blocked, but Google Search or Gmail or not.

Secondly, this is not a question of they block our services, so we block their services. In both cases, it is Iranians who lose access to services.

If anything, it highlights the hypocrisy of pretending to care about Iranian freedom.

Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by monkeybutton on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:35AM (#24886588)
Since you know that Google search isn't blocked in Iran, can you tell me if there are any ads displayed in the results? It's something I've been curious about for a while.
Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by SpicyLemonZest on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:24AM (#24886515)
Interesting, you seem to be right. I don't know how I managed to read the news about Gmail being blocked but miss that it was unblocked like a week later.