Pakistani gov degrades Wikipedia connections due to blasphemy

Post by robertlagrant » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 3:28 PM UTC

jacooper wrote: post #80

robertlagrant wrote: post #5

I'm starting to view more and more things as nationalism vs globalism. E.g. multinational corporations vs national tax laws E.g. global internet services vs national privacy laws E.g. global internet services vs national decency laws (the posted issue) I'm starting to realise this mismatch is where a lot of friction is and will continue to be.

Its not nationalism, but fairness. If nationally you can't just work people all week, then an american company with unlimited VC money, selling its user data to everybody and working its workers to death will absolutely crush any local or neighboring competitor. There must be limits, because as we have seen, globalism as its currently is basically american everything.

Post by oneoff786 » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 3:29 PM UTC

LinuxBender wrote: post #13

ceejayoz wrote: post #11

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"Someone reported this to the FBI, it's not actionable on a criminal level, but it breaks your TOS, heads-up" versus "we have deleted the encyclopedia for religious reasons". Yep, definitely comparable scenarios. Blasphemy carries the death penalty in Pakistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_in_Pakistan

Yep, definitely comparable scenarios. I think it is. Pakastan can create whatever laws fit its culture. I would never dare to imagine imposing my values or beliefs on them. They should create their own Wiki alternative and make it popular within their nation. [Edit] Or if their people see fit change their laws, overthrow their government or whatever they deem appropriate for their culture. But that is entirely on the…

Post by MonkeyMalarky » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 3:30 PM UTC

hallqv wrote: post #90

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Post by jacooper » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 3:30 PM UTC

nimbius wrote: post #62

cactusplant7374 wrote: post #22

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Are there artistic depictions of Muhammed on Wikipedia?

while it may be tempting to condense the concern to the most virulent objections of an extreme, it bears remembrance that Pakistan is the only country to have been created in the name of Islam. the Holy Quran and Sunnah are effectively the books by which this nation is governed, and as such any charge of blasphemy is taken with a seriousness bordering on the academic. this blasphemy charge could stem from any of the…

Post by BowBun » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 3:33 PM UTC

freeqaz wrote: post #81

recuter wrote: post #52

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You're comparing a group chat to an encyclopedia...

I'd describe Twitter as closer to a news site in the modern era. There are a lot of journalists and other important public figures sharing information there, and that's especially true for important live news events like earthquakes. (Twitter is the first place I check if I feel the house shake, for example.)