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Github is down for Russian developers because some anti-Putin political activists are eager to make a point. It works like this: - they push some content deem
by 1gor 12y ago
Github is down for Russian developers because some anti-Putin political activists are eager to make a point.
It works like this:
- they push some content deemed illegal in Russia to a github repo (something like instructions on committing suicide or on growing marijuana).
- then they themselves post a complain to the Russian internet regulator, accompanied by the link to illegal content;
- the ugly bureaucrats machine (which is mostly automatic) bans the whole of Github.
- at some point later in the day a human intervenes and unblocks the site, as happened several times in the past.
However, by that time the media has picked up the story, and many oppressed Russian developers who don't know how to use a US proxy, have received job offers.
- Muromec 12y ago1. This is not true. It was actually blocked on purpose with head of federal agency speaking about it and posting funny picture. 2. (some) Content in question is work of satire about censorship agency and ridiculous laws written and hosted on github in Feb 2013 3. (some) of the links in question are not even posted by Russian citizens or residents, not even speaking about political activists
- dfkf 12y agohttps://github.com/stevebest/suicide/blob/master/suicide.md https://github.com/stevebest/suicide/blob/master/suicide.md Here you are. Posted by a Russian citizen from a commit labeled "Privet, Roskomnadzor!" Such a rebel! Demonstrating the world unspeakable horrors of the Putin's regime.