# DataAnnotation (داتا أنوتيشن)

> DataAnnotation is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [DataAnnotation](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/dataannotation.md)
- Categories: AI Training & Data Labeling, Freelancing
- Official site: https://www.dataannotation.tech
- Community votes: 19
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/dataannotation

## About

AI training platform where contributors earn by evaluating and labeling data for machine learning models

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, confirmed by community testing in March 2026, where the site returns a regional block page enforced by a security firewall on its web host. The team sent an official outreach email to the company in April 2026, and a community volunteer followed up in May 2026. The company has not responded.

## Official timeline

- 2026-04-11 — Contacted Company. Official outreach email sent to privacy@dataannotation.tech requesting review of Syria IP restrictions under the current OFAC and BIS framework.

## Community reports

- 2026-05-05 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed DataAnnotation's privacy and support teams at privacy@dataannotation.tech and support@dataannotation.tech requesting that service access be enabled for users in Syria. The email cited the December 2025 U.S. Treasury announcement lifting the comprehensive trade embargo on Syria, the lifting of EU sanctions, the OFAC sanctions programs page, and supporting documentation from unblocksyria.com/resources, noting that several other companies have already enabled access. The corporateaffairs@unblocksyria.com address was CC'd. This community outreach follows the April 11 official request to privacy@dataannotation.tech, which received no response over the following 24 days.
- 2026-03-23 — Investigated. Community testing confirmed that DataAnnotation is blocked in Syria. Accessing dataannotation.tech from a Syrian IP returns a Cloudflare block page stating "Sorry, you have been blocked" with a message indicating the user is unable to access cdn.webflow.com. DataAnnotation's website is hosted on Webflow, and the block is enforced by Cloudflare's WAF on Webflow's CDN infrastructure. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/vh3x7qznomqeo23rr1agwpbo/wpjb16e2xxjs2vs8525j8761-screenshot-2026-03-23-161959.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/dataannotation?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/dataannotation/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/dataannotation
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/dataannotation.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/dataannotation.md