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Full text of the Tweet: > Hey @github, back when I worked for you, you implemented a way for the Russian government to block repos they didn't like. I process
by PragmaticPulp 5y ago
Full text of the Tweet:
> Hey @github, back when I worked for you, you implemented a way for the Russian government to block repos they didn't like. I processed quite a few of those requests.
> You need to turn that system off. Right now. This isn't a request.
It's a random Tweet from a pseudonymous account, so take with a huge grain of salt.
The "I processed quite a few of those requests" line makes it sound like this wasn't actually an automatic backdoor for Russia to remove repos, but something like a manual form that went to human review.
Russia blocks sites that don't comply with their local laws, so I would assume this only makes the content unavailable to Russian users rather than, you know, letting Russia randomly remove GitHub content for everyone without recourse. It's obviously unpopular to have a website block content for any users, but the only other option is having the entire site be blocked for users of countries who do this.
- mritzmann 5y ago> It's a random Tweet from a pseudonymous account, so take with a huge grain of salt. The same username started the github/dmca[1] repository at that time. The tweet sounds plausible to me. If only because it is completely normal to block (within russia, geo-blocking) for the russian government, otherwise you will be banned in Russia. [1] https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/794fd2415b09b11f8a545852363fd4af5874e513 https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/794fd2415b09b11f8a5458...