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I'm surprised Iran doesn't block Github. There's plenty of political content on Github - it makes a half-decent blogging platform for the technically inclined.

chadash 6y ago
Examples? I've never come across anything heavily political, aside from maybe "free software" advocacy, which I assume isn't something most governments find particularly threatening.
- deleted 6y ago
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- hhggfdss 6y ago
  There's lots of nitwits like this one https://github.com/fabacab https://github.com/fabacab
- securingsincity 6y ago
  Not Iranian but a very famous repo is the 996 repo https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU (>250k stars) which advocates for Chinese Developers working a 996 schedule. Depending on where you look you can find a lot of political content on Github from all over the world.
  - Der_Einzige 6y ago
    To be clear, he means "advocates for" in the sense that you have an advocate who is an ally. One could interpret this as "this repo support 996" which is the opposite of reality, without that context.
- etwigg 6y ago
  https://github.com/mytakedotorg/us-presidential-debates https://github.com/mytakedotorg/us-presidential-debates
  - notsureaboutpg 6y ago
    Why would Iran block this though? Their own national news outlet covers the presidential debates...
- xtian 6y ago
  https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/crash_course_socialism.md https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/crash_cours...
  - notsureaboutpg 6y ago
    This is another example of something technically political but not something the Iranian government would censor...
- vhold 6y ago
  Some examples can be found in their public record: https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns
hojjat12000 6y ago
Don't give them ideas! Also, I haven't seen a lot of political stuff related to Iran on Github.
- stickfigure 6y ago
  Give it time? Github was previously doing the "censorship" of Iranians... now that it's available I expect we'll see more of this kind of thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_GitHub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_GitHub
  - hojjat12000 6y ago
    Github was available to Iranian up until two years ago. The general public is not that familiar with github (just like the rest of the world). But it is very likely that if the government feel like it, they just go ahead and censor it.
LockAndLol 6y ago
If TOR and I2P are a thing in Iran, they block github if they like but people will find a way to access it.
subaquamille 6y ago
You're right about censorship. However most Iranians have a VPN installed on their phone and rarely gets trouble for doing so and speak freely but anonymously. Iran gov is actually a democratie quite more liberal than most western people think. Yes, there is censorship, unfair courts cases, corruption, and repression. Still we can see this in most of the countries, often in harden terms. Should we speak about Assange ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Iran https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Iran

chadash 6y ago

Examples? I've never come across anything heavily political, aside from maybe "free software" advocacy, which I assume isn't something most governments find particularly threatening.

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hhggfdss 6y ago
There's lots of nitwits like this one https://github.com/fabacab https://github.com/fabacab
securingsincity 6y ago
Not Iranian but a very famous repo is the 996 repo https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU (>250k stars) which advocates for Chinese Developers working a 996 schedule. Depending on where you look you can find a lot of political content on Github from all over the world.
- Der_Einzige 6y ago
  To be clear, he means "advocates for" in the sense that you have an advocate who is an ally. One could interpret this as "this repo support 996" which is the opposite of reality, without that context.
etwigg 6y ago
https://github.com/mytakedotorg/us-presidential-debates https://github.com/mytakedotorg/us-presidential-debates
- notsureaboutpg 6y ago
  Why would Iran block this though? Their own national news outlet covers the presidential debates...
xtian 6y ago
https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/crash_course_socialism.md https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/crash_cours...
- notsureaboutpg 6y ago
  This is another example of something technically political but not something the Iranian government would censor...
vhold 6y ago
Some examples can be found in their public record: https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns

hojjat12000 6y ago

Don't give them ideas! Also, I haven't seen a lot of political stuff related to Iran on Github.

stickfigure 6y ago
Give it time? Github was previously doing the "censorship" of Iranians... now that it's available I expect we'll see more of this kind of thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_GitHub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_GitHub
- hojjat12000 6y ago
  Github was available to Iranian up until two years ago. The general public is not that familiar with github (just like the rest of the world). But it is very likely that if the government feel like it, they just go ahead and censor it.

LockAndLol 6y ago

If TOR and I2P are a thing in Iran, they block github if they like but people will find a way to access it.

subaquamille 6y ago

You're right about censorship. However most Iranians have a VPN installed on their phone and rarely gets trouble for doing so and speak freely but anonymously. Iran gov is actually a democratie quite more liberal than most western people think. Yes, there is censorship, unfair courts cases, corruption, and repression. Still we can see this in most of the countries, often in harden terms. Should we speak about Assange ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Iran https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Iran