Iranians are banned from khanacademy.org by google

#1

Post by _szvt » Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 7:38 PM UTC

Like many other websites hosted on Google's server, this one also gives us in Iran a 403 Forbidden error.

Iranians are banned from khanacademy.org by google
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Re: Iranians are banned from khanacademy.org by google

#2

Post by _delirium » Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 8:07 PM UTC

It's hosted on Google App Engine, which blocks Iran: https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thre...

Re: Iranians are banned from khanacademy.org by google

#3

Post by _szvt » Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 8:58 PM UTC

_delirium wrote: post #2

It's hosted on Google App Engine, which blocks Iran: https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thre...

And that's just not acceptable.

Re: Iranians are banned from khanacademy.org by google

#4

Post by Leynos » Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 9:02 PM UTC

_delirium wrote: post #2

It's hosted on Google App Engine, which blocks Iran: https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thre...

Does that mean that by hosting any dynamic web content in the US that is accessible by users in Iran you are breaking export laws?

Re: Iranians are banned from khanacademy.org by google

#5

Post by _delirium » Sun, Oct 03, 2010, 9:06 PM UTC

Leynos wrote: post #4

_delirium wrote: post #2

It's hosted on Google App Engine, which blocks Iran: https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thre...

Does that mean that by hosting any dynamic web content in the US that is accessible by users in Iran you are breaking export laws?

I don't think it would, and it doesn't look like other Google services like Gmail block Iran. I could see how it'd violate export laws to allow Iranian users to host apps on GAE, but it's weird that they block web users from accessing apps on GAE.