Earthworm on Nostr: Last Monday, the United States-based non-profit Wikimedia Foundation agreed to share ...
Last Monday, the United States-based non-profit Wikimedia Foundation agreed to share with the Delhi High Court basic subscriber information about the users who edited the news agency ANI’s Wikipedia page. This came during the proceedings of a defamation suit filed by ANI against the user-created online encyclopeida for stating that ANI had been accused of serving as a “government propaganda tool”.
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“Honestly I am disappointed at Wikipedia failing to protect the identity of its editors,” this user wrote. “Wikipedia forbids VPN access that can protect editors, while at the same time refusing to protect editors.”
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I don't know the solution, and what wikipedia could do at this point (of course, authoritarianism in India's justice system is the problem here, but probably no one is surprised at this point anymore). But the whole story doesn't let Wikipedia in a good look...
Rohini Lakshané (npub13fp…8z6x)
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“Honestly I am disappointed at Wikipedia failing to protect the identity of its editors,” this user wrote. “Wikipedia forbids VPN access that can protect editors, while at the same time refusing to protect editors.”
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I don't know the solution, and what wikipedia could do at this point (of course, authoritarianism in India's justice system is the problem here, but probably no one is surprised at this point anymore). But the whole story doesn't let Wikipedia in a good look...
Rohini Lakshané (npub13fp…8z6x)