# Persona (بيرسونا)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [Persona](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/persona.md)
- Categories: E-Signature & Identity Verification, API Services, Identity & Authentication
- Official site: https://withpersona.com
- Community votes: 80
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/persona

## About

Identity verification platform for KYC, AML compliance, and fraud prevention

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, where the platform does not recognize Syrian passports, preventing identity verification on services that rely on it such as LinkedIn. The team first contacted Persona in February 2026 but one support address bounced and only a generic auto-reply followed. A community volunteer sent a fresh request in July 2026. No resolution yet.

## Official timeline

- 2026-02-09 — Contacted Company. Outreach email sent to Persona at notices@withpersona.com and legal@withpersona.com requesting review of Syria IP restrictions for Persona under the current post-sanctions legal framework.

## Community reports

- 2026-07-03 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed Persona's compliance and legal team at notices@withpersona.com requesting a fresh review of the restrictions preventing users in Syria from accessing Persona's identity verification services. The email cited the 2025 US sanctions and export control relief for Syria, referenced the resources compiled at unblocksyria.com, and noted that Persona's unavailability blocks Syrians from completing identity verification on platforms that rely on it, such as LinkedIn.
- 2026-02-09 — Note. Email to notices@withpersona.com bounced — address not found
- 2026-02-09 — Note. Auto-reply received from legal@withpersona.com. The response was a generic privacy rights template, directing users who wish to exercise privacy rights to contact the company they shared data with directly, rather than Persona. The response did not address the sanctions inquiry.
- 2026-02-08 — Note. A user reported that while the Persona website may be accessible from Syria, Syrian passports and identity documents are not recognized by the platform. This prevents Syrians from completing identity verification on services that rely on Persona, such as LinkedIn.
- 2026-01-20 — Evidence Added. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/bb9cv4if9tfy2tbrvwh067i2/rsd36lgtboc3h9a2ak880dht-wxlq8lk37ei2hick6q91wb9h-screenshot-2026-01-20-171713.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/persona?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/persona/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/persona
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/persona.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/persona.md