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Notion to terminate accounts with Russian billing history regardless of location

by RockstarSprain on 8/29/24, 10:50 AM with 13 comments

• by properpopper on 8/29/24, 12:38 PM

  I don't understand why it's acceptable in the modern world to discriminate a human being based on where they were born? I see no protests, no news about it, everyone silently agrees.

  Feels like they learnt nothing from racial discrimination

• by RockstarSprain on 8/29/24, 10:50 AM

  From the announcement: "...Due to these restrictions, on September 9, 2024, Notion will no longer provide users located in Russia access to the platform. This includes:... If any billing information connected with the workspace is currently or was previously associated with Russia, the workspace will be terminated. This is necessary for compliance with sanctions, and updating an account’s billing information will not change the restriction."

• by znpy on 8/29/24, 11:38 AM

  I wonder if this applies to the tech giants as well. Aws accounts? Amazon prime? Google cloud or google workspaces customers? Apple iCloud users? Microsoft office and teams users? Azure? Slack users?

  Or as usual it’s just the small fish that have to remain compliant while the big fish need can lawyer away their issues (and keep billing) ?

• by enether on 8/29/24, 12:12 PM

  A 10 day notice before they delete your data?

  This is unacceptable regardless of the political situation today.

  The countries are not even in direct war with one another.

  But this goes to show that in the event of direct war - companies may instantly delete all of your data.

  Makes you think how much “soft power” the US yields with all of its tech monopolies…

• by hunglee2 on 8/29/24, 11:23 AM

  Geopolitical risk needs to be factored into any cloud service. This will either be 'national champions' or better yet, company self hosted.