As a result of Russia's ongoing and increasingly destructive invasion of Ukraine MOOC providers Coursera and edX are each suspending content from Russia. I would ask whether they are taking the more significant step of suspending Russian access to their content. The article also describes some pushback from Phil Hill. "We have to think, 'How does the rest of the world look at these moves in U.S. companies?," Hill said. "And the rest of the world might not be comfortable if U.S. companies get to make these decisions unilaterally." While I appreciate his concerns (I truly do) we should recall that people consider the invasion and destruction of a sovereign democratic nation to be particularly egregious, and that the sanctions against Russia have been worldwide in origin, and are not a unilateral U.S. action.
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