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GitHub To Block Developers In Countries Facing US Trade Sanctions - xSicKxBot - 07-29-2019
GitHub To Block Developers In Countries Facing US Trade Sanctions
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<p>If you use GitHub’s online services in a country facing US sanctions, you could be about to be kicked off all but the most basic offerings. GitHub this week told Anatoliy Kashkin, a 21-year-old Russian citizen who lives in Crimea, that it had “restricted” his GitHub account “due to US trade controls”. (Source: <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-starts-blocking-developers-in-countries-facing-us-trade-sanctions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ZDNet</a>, <a href="https://github.com/tkashkin/GameHub/issues/289" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">GitHub</a>)</p>
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