The Observer: Wikipedia censorship highlights a lingering sting in the tail John Naughton, The Observer, Sunday 14 December 2008 ‘Scorpions’, says Wikipedia, ‘are eight-legged venomous arachnids. They have a long body with an extended tail…
(Via Techdirt.) Should Internet Censors Be Responsible For Breaking Stuff?: “In the wake of the UK Internet Watch Foundation’s block of a particular Wikipedia page for what it claimed was illegal child pornography, and the…
Internet Censors Must Be Accountable For The Things They Break | Electronic Frontier Foundation “December 9th, 2008 Internet Censors Must Be Accountable For The Things They Break Deeplink by Peter Eckersley Yesterday’s scandal over the…
Technical aspects of the censoring of Wikipedia: “ Part of the encyclopaedia website Wikipedia was censored in the UK between Friday 5th December 2008 and Tuesday 9th December 2008. Errors in the way that this…
I don’t agree with the views expressed in this article but cyberlaw.org.uk provides links to all views expressed on the IWF matter. The IWF’s role is NOT comparable to the Advertising Standards Authority and the…
Scorpions tale leaves IWF exposed: “ ‘Look, that regulator isn’t wearing any clothes’ Opinion As the dust settles over the Internet Watch Foundation’s (IWF) little local difficulty with Wikipedia, the question that needs to be…
IWF revoked its decision to block access to Wikipedia…. I will write soon a commentary on this but Who Watches the Watchmen? I thought courts of law decide on matters to do with legality or…
Aussie convicted over Simpsons sex pics: “ ‘My butt does not deserve a website’ An Australian man has lost his appeal against child pornography charges for possessing images of the Simpsons characters having sex.… “…
UK e-tailers scurry to scrap dodgy Heavy Metal covers: “ IWF says acts in good faith – what about Blind Faith? UK e-tailers are scrambling to remove images of the Scorpions Virgin Killer album which…
Why the IWF was right to ban a Wikipedia page: “EDITORIAL: There has been a storm of controversy over a decision by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to blacklist a page of Wikipedia. But the…