# Hack Club (هاك كلوب)

> Hack Club is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Hack Club](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/hack-club.md)
- Categories: Developer Communities, Coding & Tech Bootcamps, Forums & Communities, Online Courses
- Official site: https://hackclub.com
- Community votes: 4
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/hack-club

## About

Nonprofit network of coding clubs, hackathons, and programs for high school students learning to build software and hardware projects.

## Activity summary

Hack Club is restricted in Syria. The platform loads and the Hack Club Auth dashboard is fully navigable, but the ID Verification step (powered by Persona) is unavailable for the country, blocking Syrian participants from completing verification required for grants and hardware programs. Confirmed by community testing in July 2026. No outreach yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-07-08 — Investigated. Community testing found that Hack Club's identity verification is restricted for Syrian users. The Hack Club Auth dashboard loads and navigation works, but the ID Verification step (powered by Persona) returns «We are unable to verify identities in this country. Please select another country.» This prevents Syrian participants from completing the verification required for Hack Club grants and hardware programs. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/potaty1ti8afz5ilueab340k/v7hk8ysc4ljb750y4vk9vlg9-screenshot-2026-06-29-083542.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/hack-club?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/hack-club/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/hack-club
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/hack-club.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/hack-club.md