Wikipedia falls foul of British censors over alleged child pornography 08.12.2008 British internet providers have blocked access to parts of Wikipedia after accusations that the site was carrying ‘potentially illegal’ images of child pornography. Reports…
Wikipedia child image censored: “Wikipedia users express their anger after a page showing a naked girl’s image is blocked by some UK internet providers.” (Via BBC News.)
Spiegel Online: Taking the Crowd to Court: Wikipedia Shutdown Backfires: “Wikipedia Shutdown Backfires” 17 November, 2008 German parliamentarian Lutz Heilmann asked a court to shut down the German version of the popular Wikipedia Web site,…
German Wikipedia Back Online After Controversial Shutdown – ReadWriteWeb Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 17, 2008 After it had been unavailable in Germany for more than two days, the Wikipedia’s German portal is finally…
Local Wikipedia Blocked by German MP – OhmyNews International Left-wing politician obtains injunction in light of Web pages on his Stasi past Published 2008-11-16 11:14 (KST) Reported by Hartmut Kaiser [See further the English entry…
Court rules Wikipedia not authoritative: “ Egan Orion the Inquirer, Wednesday 3 September 2008. 15:13:00 You don’t say A US APPEALS COURT has ruled that Wikipedia entries, which anyone might edit, are not authoritative sources…
Syria Blocks the Arabic Wikipedia: According to anasonline blog, access to Wikipedia Arabic, the Arabic language version of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia, is now blocked by all ISPs in Syria. (Via Global Voices Advocacy.)