[molind]

But there is no sanctions against all citizens of Belarus. Yes some companies that support regime of lukashenko are under sanctions. But not everyone. I moved from Belarus due to lawfulness in my country, living in Poland and now I’m under sanctions? That’s insane.

[nootropicat]

The supreme irony is that these sanctions also apply to political dissidents than had to run away from Belarus. Corporate cost benefit analysis applied to shoddily written laws leads to unintended consequences.

[mrtksn]

Could be specific address or name, we would not know since the match in the list is not disclosed.

It can also be false positive, the compliance departments use specialized software do a non-exact match since it’s not a straightforward process because countries use different alphabets, address systems, naming conventions etc. So they identify potential risky clients and someone does an assessment and if they think that it could be a real match they pull the trigger.

Sometimes your names is Ahmad, other times it’s Yuri and and the life is not easy for you.

[judge2020]

To add, Apple got in trouble when it did only do an exact match: https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-settles-allegations-of-u-...

> On the day Mr. Stjepanovic and SIS were blacklisted, Apple ran the new designations against its app developer account holder names. But the company’s sanctions-screening tool failed to identify SIS as a blacklisted entity because Apple’s system listed the company as “SIS DOO,” rather than “SIS d.o.o” on OFAC’s list, according to the agreement.

[sremani]

Insane probably, but there is always going to be some friction and gap between policy and implementation. It is good to inquire and understand where the gaps are. You are doing the right thing but shining the sun light and trying to recruit people to make your case is good.

Let's see how Apple reacts.

[kube-system]

Are there sanctions against Belarusian banks or other institutions which are necessary to functionally do business with people in Belarus?

[ergocoder]

This could be specific name.

Think in terms of apple employees.

If you over blacklist, then okay that is not ok. That is bad.

If you decide to under-blacklist, you might actually end up in jail for a long time.

So, over blacklisting it is.