Slack terminated an account because they thought it originated in Iran (twitter.com)

105 points by aaomidi 7y ago ↗ HN

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[dead] morajabi 7y ago ↗

wtf

hoseinit 7y ago ↗

This racism behaviour should not be left unanswered in the future.

andrew_ 7y ago ↗

It may be asinine, but in no way, shape, or form is this racism. Just stop.

0x7265616374 7y ago ↗

Agreed. Appalled that someone down-voted the comment. You can't just shout "racism" and make it so. As outlined in the screenshots - the countries that Slack claims are sanctioned vary greatly, as do the races which occupy them.

[deleted] 7y ago ↗

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Chrshmmmr 7y ago ↗

Mattermost (dot com) is a great open source alternative to Slack.

dejaime 7y ago ↗

++Mattermost

shayanm 7y ago ↗

Slack closed my accounts and deleted my data I am Iranian but I am currently lawfully residing in us on student visa so I don't believe there's any excuse for this Behavior

cadx2 7y ago ↗

The best way is just keep asking for answers. There are so many Iranians working in software companies. They can't just simply wipe out accounts just because

batmansmk 7y ago ↗

I wonder how they knew you were Iranian.