> Hey @github, back when I worked for you, you implemented a way for the Russian government to block repos they didn't like. I processed quite a few of those requests.
> You need to turn that system off. Right now. This isn't a request.
It's a random Tweet from a pseudonymous account, so take with a huge grain of salt.
The "I processed quite a few of those requests" line makes it sound like this wasn't actually an automatic backdoor for Russia to remove repos, but something like a manual form that went to human review.
Russia blocks sites that don't comply with their local laws, so I would assume this only makes the content unavailable to Russian users rather than, you know, letting Russia randomly remove GitHub content for everyone without recourse. It's obviously unpopular to have a website block content for any users, but the only other option is having the entire site be blocked for users of countries who do this.