# Outlier (آوتلاير)

> Outlier is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-09-05.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [Scale AI](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/scale-ai.md)
- Categories: AI Training & Data Labeling, Freelancing
- Official site: https://outlier.ai
- Community votes: 7
- Last updated: 2026-09-05
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/outlier

## About

AI training platform that pays freelancers to review, rank, and improve large language model responses using their subject-matter expertise.

## Activity summary

Restricted for users in Syria: identity verification does not accept Syrian passports or ID cards, blocking signup. A volunteer wrote to parent company Scale AI's legal team in September 2026 asking it to review the country restriction.

## Community reports

- 2026-09-04 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed Scale AI's legal team asking it to review the country restriction on Syria, citing the removal of Syria from the US state sponsors of terrorism list in August 2026 and BIS License Exception SPP.
- 2026-07-22 — Investigated. A submission reported that Outlier's identity-verification step returns "Couldn't verify photos" and does not accept Syrian passports or ID cards, blocking account onboarding. The main site itself loads normally.

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