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For context, one of the original reports of this was from (I believe) an Iranian-American with US Citizenship living in the US: https://twitter.com/aaomidi/sta

For context, one of the original reports of this was from (I believe) an Iranian-American with US Citizenship living in the US: https://twitter.com/aaomidi/status/1075621119028314112 https://twitter.com/aaomidi/status/1075621119028314112 You might read that and infer that Slack is somehow tracking the national origin, ethnicity, or race of all of its users, which would be much fishier behavior than IP-based blocking. They're explicitly saying that they don't do that and that they don't have that information.

gaius 8y ago
They're explicitly saying that they don't do that and that they don't have that information. But they did do it, so what does that mean...
- briandear 8y ago
  Did they? Or did they ban people associated with specific IPs?
  - vageli 8y ago
    Are the sanctions against doing business with Iran nationals or anyone with an Iran IP address? I would imagine the sanctions are in place to prevent trade with Iranian nationals.