Why I hate Google, or some thoughts about “open” technologies

Re:Why I hate Google, or some thoughts about “open” technolo... by fndrplayer13 on Saturday January 31, 2015 @12:37PM (#8977312)

Yeah that sounds incredibly frustrating and unfair from a personal perspective. I wonder though if Google is legally compelled to do this by the US government or if they've voluntarily agreed to block these sites with the purpose of avoiding any questioning?

I think the question (I am not a lawyer) revolves around exporting of goods/technologies. It feels wrong to me to consider a website `resident` anywhere and thus subject to export embargos. I suppose that code lives on US servers, though? Hmm.

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Re:Why I hate Google, or some thoughts about “open” technolo... by lbotos on Saturday January 31, 2015 @01:38PM (#8977545)

Sanctions are an interesting thing because I think a lot of people doing business on the web don't know to what extent they are responsible to follow them.

When I worked in internet infrastructure, we actively monitored and blocked sanctioned countries from using the service. I don't think a lot of companies do, e.g. AFAIK Amazon for AWS is supposed to. (I may be wrong and I'd love if someone with more knowledge would share.)

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