Iranians are banned from khanacademy.org by google (imgur.com) 2 points by yassersouri 15y ago ↗ HN Like many other websites hosted on Google's server, this one also gives us in Iran a 403 Forbidden error.
[–] _delirium 15y ago ↗ It's hosted on Google App Engine, which blocks Iran: https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thre... [–] yassersouri 15y ago ↗ And that's just not acceptable. [–] Leynos 15y ago ↗ Does that mean that by hosting any dynamic web content in the US that is accessible by users in Iran you are breaking export laws? [–] _delirium 15y ago ↗ I don't think it would, and it doesn't look like other Google services like Gmail block Iran. I could see how it'd violate export laws to allow Iranian users to host apps on GAE, but it's weird that they block web users from accessing apps on GAE.
[–] Leynos 15y ago ↗ Does that mean that by hosting any dynamic web content in the US that is accessible by users in Iran you are breaking export laws? [–] _delirium 15y ago ↗ I don't think it would, and it doesn't look like other Google services like Gmail block Iran. I could see how it'd violate export laws to allow Iranian users to host apps on GAE, but it's weird that they block web users from accessing apps on GAE.
[–] _delirium 15y ago ↗ I don't think it would, and it doesn't look like other Google services like Gmail block Iran. I could see how it'd violate export laws to allow Iranian users to host apps on GAE, but it's weird that they block web users from accessing apps on GAE.
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