I disagree with the way Slack handled this, but by now it’s clear (even the original poster seems to have realised) that Slack banned everyone who accessed the service from an Iranian IP, irrespective of who they were or where they were from.
It’s pretty clear that’s it not motivated by race or any kind of profiling.
Slack has no incentive to boot more people off their platform than necessary, so this overly broad ban could be a result of either misunderstanding the US governments mandate, or that might be just what they were asked to do.
It’s pretty clear that’s it not motivated by race or any kind of profiling.
Slack has no incentive to boot more people off their platform than necessary, so this overly broad ban could be a result of either misunderstanding the US governments mandate, or that might be just what they were asked to do.