RE: Russia

March 9, 2022 - Reading time: ~1 minute

While citizens of Russia wake up daily to learn of new sanctions placed upon them by global corporations, more and more companies are jumping on the bandwagon to virtue signal that, they too, stand with Ukraine.

Our desire to provide a platform that allows users from around the world to access and publish information greatly outweighs our desire to "stick it to Putin" by denying Russian citizens the ability to use our services. We want you to be able to access and publish information about what is happening in the world. The great majority of sanctions imposed upon Russia only negatively impact the citizens who are of no fault of their geographic location in this world or the government who serves them.

We have Russian friends. We have Ukrainian friends. Like anywhere else on earth, most people are good hearted people who are just trying to live their life. We wish every citizen the best.

TL;DR: We're still providing service to Russia and will continue to do so unless it becomes illegal to do so under US Law.