Comments on: Linkedin Kicks Off Syrian Users!

By: Arab Crunch demands Anas’s Freedom « Free Anas Maarawi- الحرية لأنس معراوي

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:17:15 +0000

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Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:33:44 +0000

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By: Post Clinton Internet Freedom Speech:US- SourceForge Blocked Syria, Sudan,Iran Korea & Cuba: Open Source Still Open?

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:55:24 +0000

[...] Linkedin lifted its blocking against Syria after ArabCrunch reported the incident ( and kept it against Sudan ), we heard different reports that American officials are preparing to [...]

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LinkedIn is not the first website to ban access to users in Syria

By: LinkedIn Blocks Syrian Accounts | MISEHA

LinkedIn Blocks Syrian Accounts | MISEHA — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:28:44 +0000

[...] issue is still at hand, does politics have a place concerning Internet regulations? According to ArabCrunch, LinkedIn is not the first website to ban access to users in Syria. Other US based websites are [...]

By: ArabCrunch

ArabCrunch — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:01:40 +0000

Update: Linkedin, code.google.com and GoDaddy Briefly Unblocked Sudan! -US Congressman Brian Baird: Sanctions... http://arabcrunch.com/2009/07/linkedin-code-googl...

By: Linkedin, code.google.com and GoDaddy Briefly Unblocked Sudan! -US Congressman Brian Baird: Sanctions do not require blocking! (Exclusive Video Interview)

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:33:26 +0000

[...] blocking! (Exclusive Video Interview) 27. July 2009 – 11:33 am | Web 2.0 | Permalink We reported about Linkedin blocking Syria and reported their unblocking with an apology, we also reported that Linkedin is still blocking [...]

By: Tarek Kadoura

Tarek Kadoura — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:33:21 +0000

ah, i’m sorry for my late reply i had exams.
after a long search about the error it appears to be a malware
which redirect the page to another one but i don’t have any security
program so i searched in the start up programs and it appears that an insecure
program is running called “SVCNOST.exe” this was the malware because
my HDD is compressed as well as this file and the original file “SVCHOST.exe”
stays uncompressed so i deleted “SVCNOST.exe” in system32 folder and now every thing is now ok.
i owe Google a big apology, Sorry

By: AN@S

AN@S — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:37:51 +0000

Tarek, what ISPs did u try?

Regards

By: T.K

T.K — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:16:40 +0000

i don’t think it is a network error, because i tried ultra surf (proxy bypass program) and the searh worked fine, i also tried another ISP without the proxy bypass program and the result was the same “403 Forbidden”, so what do you think the problem is?

By: Jillian C. York

Jillian C. York — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:42:30 +0000

Tarek, you’re still the only person reporting that – other Syrian users are having no trouble accessing Google. Sometimes what you might think is filtering is actually a benign network error.

By: AN@S

AN@S — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:38:21 +0000

That’s incorrect, Google web search is not blocked in Syria.

By: Tarek Kadoura

Tarek Kadoura — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:33:37 +0000

“The Syrian user fears the day when he cannot access Gmail or Google search engine.”
on Thursday 30th of April Google web search was blocked in Syria “Forbidden”
and from now on i will never ever look at any Google stuff again.

By: Global Voices Advocacy » While White-listing Syria, Linkedin Keeps Sudan’s Internet Users Blocked!

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:48:08 +0000

[...] is a Cross-post from ArabCrunch post with permissions: After Linkedin the business social Network, blocked Internet users in Syria and then unblocked them and apologized (as ArabCrunch has reported.) It was [...]

By: While White-listing Syria, Linkedin Keeps Sudan Blocked! | ArabCrunch

While White-listing Syria, Linkedin Keeps Sudan Blocked! | ArabCrunch — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:25:58 +0000

[...] Linkedin the business social Network blocked Internet users in Syria, and then unblocked them and apologized as ArabCrunch has reported. I was [...]

By: Syria Sanctioned: LinkedIn Blocks Syrian Accounts

Syria Sanctioned: LinkedIn Blocks Syrian Accounts — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:49:44 +0000

By: Ayman Khateeb

Ayman Khateeb — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:45:59 +0000

Hi Ghaith,

regarding Corporate Policies it DOES prevent interaction or business with some countries (mentioned above)..

this is part of the US blockage on those countries, as most of the Amirecan Originated companies SHOULD obey US Government decisions regarding those countries…

yes it is all about politics, probably no one cares if people get Gmail or not …

C’mon, they don’t even care for people dying in Gaza, Iraq, Sudan, Sumalia and many other countries where Blockage was conducted for years resulting in many health and living difficulties, and DEATH…

anyways, goodthing that Linked-in responded quickly and re-evaluated the situation

By: Breaking: Linkedin Bows: Restores Service to Syrian Users, Says a Human error! | ArabCrunch

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:33:05 +0000

[...] 2009 – 9:32 am | Arab World, International, USA, Web 2.0 | Permalink After ArabCrunch post about linkedin kicking off Syrian users , which caused an outrage among Arab internet users. Linked Kay Luo LinkedIn Sr. Director of [...]

By: Global Voices Advocacy » Syria: Linkedin Kicks Off Syrian Users!

Global Voices Advocacy » Syria: Linkedin Kicks Off Syrian Users! — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:54:31 +0000

[...] source in Syria confirmed to ArabCrunch that linkedin is behind the block, the source back this because according to them, when trying to [...]

By: Gaith Saqer

Gaith Saqer — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:11:39 +0000

i emailed linkedin and they did not answer me

By: Jillian C. York

Jillian C. York — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:09:16 +0000

Hi Gait,

I pointed LinkedIn to Anas’s email address; I believe they were going to contact him themselves. They just issued a statement to say:

“Some changes made to our site recently resulted in Syrian users being unable to access LinkedIn. In looking into this matter, it has come to our attention that human error led to over compliance with respect to export controls. This issue is being addressed tonight and service to our Syrian users should be restored shortly.”

By: Gaith Saqer

Gaith Saqer — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:05:42 +0000

@jesscia thanx let me know if u get something.

@Jillian: I got an email from Anas about what he said he forwarded an email from Kelly
LinkedIn Customer Support. Did Linkedin Told you that? if so please forward the email from them.

By: Jillian C. York

Jillian C. York — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:51:59 +0000

LinkedIn is now calling it a human error – if you got an email telling you twhat An@s was told, please let me know – LinkedIn is saying that that response was inappropriate for this issue.