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A couple of our employees from Syria also got blocked today. They were using Slack from Syria though. EDIT: I don't understand why they ban/block the account rather than "simply" block access from IPs from the country. This seems really strange and overreaching.
How do you have employees in Syria? It’s a violation of federal sanctions. Edit: In the US, UK, and EU.
A couple of our employees from Syria also got blocked today. They were using Slack from Syria though. EDIT: I don't understand why they ban/block the account rather than "simply" block access from IPs from the country. This seems really strange and overreaching.
> They were using Slack from Syria though. This doesn't excuse anything. People in Syria are people too. This is similar to how people were calling for websites to block access to Europe over the copyright thing. The internet is a place where you don't even need to have a nationality. It is a place where we can all exist as pure thoughts. Why are we letting politics fuck it up?
A couple of our employees from Syria also got blocked today. They were using Slack from Syria though. EDIT: I don't understand why they ban/block the account rather than "simply" block access from IPs from the country. This seems really strange and overreaching.
How do you have employees in Syria? It’s a violation of federal sanctions. Edit: In the US, UK, and EU.
This link might give you a perspective https://twitter.com/stewart/status/391346582764789760
A couple of our employees from Syria also got blocked today. They were using Slack from Syria though. EDIT: I don't understand why they ban/block the account rather than "simply" block access from IPs from the country. This seems really strange and overreaching.
How do you have employees in Syria? It’s a violation of federal sanctions. Edit: In the US, UK, and EU.
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Or just not log into slack when on holiday?
If you have an app installed in your phone, it might sync without your knowledge.
Tough choice.
I'm not defending slack or practices like it (hell, I have a blank phone I use whenever I leave the country) but it's not quite the choice you're making it out to be.
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So if you once log in during a holiday trip to iran your account gets blocked
Iran's been on my list of "wanna go" destinations for a while (Food and architecture mainly). Looks like I'd have to choose between that and having any connection with a US based company. Great.
Also, from what I've gathered, visiting Israel may impact your ability to visit Iran.
A couple of our employees from Syria also got blocked today. They were using Slack from Syria though. EDIT: I don't understand why they ban/block the account rather than "simply" block access from IPs from the country. This seems really strange and overreaching.
How do you have employees in Syria? It’s a violation of federal sanctions. Edit: In the US, UK, and EU.
She created the account while traveling in Cuba (legally) years ago and hasn’t been back to Cuba or any other sanctioned country since.
She is a cofounder of an org that uses Slack heavily and has now lost access to all her messages and files from the past couple years of work.
There appears to be no appeal process here.