In July 2024, ANI filed a lawsuit against Wikimedia Foundation in the Delhi High Court — claiming to have been defamed in its article on Wikipedia — and sought ₹2 crore (US$240,000) in damages. At the time of the suit’s filing, the Wikipedia article about ANI said the news agency had “been accused of having served as a propaganda tool for the incumbent central government, distributing materials from a vast network of fake news websites, and misreporting events on multiple occasions”. The filing accused Wikipedia of publishing “false and defamatory content with the malicious intent of tarnishing the news agency’s reputation, and aimed to discredit its goodwill”.
On 5 September, the Court threatened to hold Wikimedia guilty of contempt for failing to disclose information about the editors who had made changes to the article and warned that Wikipedia might be blocked in India upon further non-compliance. The judge on the case stated “If you don’t like India, please don’t work in India… We will ask government to block your site”. In response, Wikimedia emphasized that the information in the article was supported by multiple reliable secondary sources. Justice Manmohan said “I think nothing can be worse for a news agency than to be called a puppet of an intelligence agency, stooge of the government. If that is true, the credibility goes.”
On 21 October, the Wikimedia Foundation suspended access to the article for Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation due to an order from the court.
Fuck all abusive government
Feels like that’s kind of most of them right now.
Doesn’t it though? A relative handful of people just fucking shit up for everyone on earth.
Article is specifically about India
Fuck all abusive government.
This article is specifically about India, going All Lives Matter just seems strange here.
Comparing the censorship of a Wikipedia article to the treatment of black people is shameful. You’re way off base.
I’m saying you are taking a specific criticism and veering it into a vague criticism. The article is about India so criticism is directed towards India. Saying “it’s bad whoever does it” bring nothing to the table.
And you’re taking a vague criticism and trying to make it into something it’s not.
The article was specifically about India. So people specifically criticized India. Doesn’t seem vague to me.
Okay?
Using a baseball allusion when referring to censorship is shameful. You really dropped the ball here.
Haha
Fuck me.
… please?
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
This right here. Let’s not single out India, there’s a lot of shitheel governments to go around.
The article is about India.
It’s the country named in the article lmao
Which other countries were subjects of the article?