OpenSea Delists Artist Accounts Located in Cuba and Other U.S. Sanctioned Countries
Including Syria, Iran, Venezuela, and the Republic of Cuba.
Over the past few months, OpenSea has been delisting artist accounts in Cuba and other countries facing U.S. sanctions in what is believed to be part of recent policy changes to make its verification processes more strict.
“We continue to holistically evaluate what other measures need to be taken to serve our community and comply with applicable law,” an OpenSea spokesperson recently shared.
More than 30 artists and collectors have been banned or otherwise restricted from OpenSea thus far, according to Artnet.
long time since we posted, unfortunate that this post needs to be this.@opensea has disabled our profile.
Not only do Cubans on the island, but those who have other nationalities have to endure censorship in web3 company.
Buying art from Cubans is not banned in the us embargo pic.twitter.com/7cccbmjNWR
— NFTcuba.ART ?? (@nftcubaart) December 12, 2022
Other sanctioned countries include Syria, Iran, Venezuela, and the Republic of Cuba. However, OpenSea didn’t start targeting Cuban-based accounts until recently.
OpenSea’s terms of service state that the marketplace is prohibited for anyone “located in, ordinarily resident in, or organized under the laws of, any Embargoed Jurisdiction” or “subject to any sanctions administered by an agency of the U.S. Government.”
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