Censorship of Wikipedia by governments has occurred widely in countries including (but not limited to) China, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela. Some instances are examples of widespread Internet censorship in general that includes Wikipedia content. Others are indicative of measures to prevent the viewing of specific content deemed offensive. The duration of different blocks has varied from hours to years.

  • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 days ago

    Someone editing a Wikipedia page is exactly the same as not being able to say something under the penalty of torture or death /s

    Dude count yourself lucky that the worst thing that happened to you or anyone you know is a politician telling an intern to vandalize Wikipedia.

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      7 days ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_imprisoned_for_editing_Wikipedia

      Bassel Khartabil was a contributor to a number of open-source projects including Wikipedia; his arrest in 2012 was likely connected to his online activity. He was executed at Adra Prison near Damascus in 2015. Several organizations, including the Wikimedia Foundation, established the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship in his honor in 2017, for an initial period of three years.

    • Solumbran@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Please quote where I said that it’s the same.

      I love how when it comes to subjects like that the only argument is “it’s worse elsewhere so stop caring”.

      Caring about such a “small thing” (is it, even?) is how you don’t end up switching from the first half of your example to the second half.