Comments on: @Ahmadinejad: Twitter Is Coming to Town. #IranElection http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/1099 Latest News on DDTC, BIS, OFAC, and other export law matters Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:51:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mike http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/1099/comment-page-1#comment-92183 Mike Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:22:36 +0000 http://www.exportlawblog.com/?p=1099#comment-92183 Speaking of twitter... http://news.softpedia.com/news/Social-Engineering-Used-to-Compromise-Twitter-117172.shtml http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200918/3586/Twitter-confirms-admin-account-compromise Speaking of twitter…
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Social-Engineering-Used-to-Compromise-Twitter-117172.shtml

http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200918/3586/Twitter-confirms-admin-account-compromise

]]> By: ex-OFAC http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/1099/comment-page-1#comment-92182 ex-OFAC Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:11:33 +0000 http://www.exportlawblog.com/?p=1099#comment-92182 Clif -- Your question about how Twitter will know it isn't dealing with Ahmadinejad is certainly on point. State's waiver sets as a condition that the OFAC license must "specifically exclude from its authorization the direct or indirect exportation of services or software with knowledge or reason to know that such services or software are intended for the Government of Iran." It will be important that OFAC's authorization recognize the difficulty of ascertaining the other party in a cybercommunication, so that U.S. service providers can carry out the goal of the waiver without the threat of a "You had 'reason to know'" gotcha for enforcement purposes. This is one more instance where clarity to the business community would make U.S. sanctions hit their targets, which are not supposed to include U.S. businesses. Clif — Your question about how Twitter will know it isn’t dealing with Ahmadinejad is certainly on point. State’s waiver sets as a condition that the OFAC license must “specifically exclude from its authorization the direct or indirect exportation of services or software with knowledge or reason to know that such services or software are intended for the Government of Iran.” It will be important that OFAC’s authorization recognize the difficulty of ascertaining the other party in a cybercommunication, so that U.S. service providers can carry out the goal of the waiver without the threat of a “You had ‘reason to know’” gotcha for enforcement purposes. This is one more instance where clarity to the business community would make U.S. sanctions hit their targets, which are not supposed to include U.S. businesses.

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