Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court

Post by DirkH » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 7:27 AM UTC

TrapLord_Rhodo wrote: post #434

instagraham wrote: post #274

As an Indian, you cannot understand the despair this makes me feel. ANI is a bit like privatised Pravda operating in service to the government, yet, still pretending to be independent journalism. Wherever there is a critic of the government, ANI exists to slander such critics as a service. As a discerning reader, you learn to avoid mainstream media that quotes ANI (don't even consider watching a TV channel). You seek…

"Code is law" is a phrase that has pervaded in smart contracts and crypto. That is the technology that can challenge this.

Post by LeoMessi10 » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 8:44 AM UTC

DirkH wrote: post #462

LeoMessi10 wrote: post #454

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Wait and watch. Wikipedia will do anything but never leave India. It’s a funny world we live in where foreign NGOs and “organisations with good intentions” operate to control opinions of the biggest set of people in a shady neo-colonialistic manner. BBC’s antics in India should be studied in detail. NGOs and portals like caravan that sprang up out of nowhere and “stay relevant with little public support” (key phrase)…

You know, given this is the third time I have read this exact text block I have: a) increased my credence that this is a bot b) increased my credence that you're spreading ideological bs claims not worth investigating further, despite being initially curious to learn more the first time I read this Copy pasting a comment everywhere not a good look IMO. It shows a general lack of engaging with fellow humans in dialogu…

Post by consf » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 10:20 AM UTC

lolinder wrote: post #17

On January 18 2012, Wikipedia went black to draw attention to SOPA [0], a bill they described as one that "could fatally damage the free and open Internet". Since then, we've seen a slow and steady march in the direction we all dreaded. Country after country has decided that they have the right to block content on the "free and open Internet", and business after business (even those who joined the SOPA protests) has…

Post by consf » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 10:23 AM UTC

dartharva wrote: post #124

typewithrhythm wrote: post #61

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As more normies got on the web more of it becomes about how to herd them. In the early days there was less gain from authoritarian actions, because you are more likely to be resisted by the users of any service. The current users don't know how to bypass restrictions, and are generally more numerous. Making authoritarian actions more valuable. Unfortunately this leads to previously useful sites declining.

It's not just the newer generations. I have multiple friends who are literally afraid of using ad blockers and sideloading apps on their Macs in fear of some imaginary boogeyman out to get them. And VPNs are exclusively the domain of criminals, apparently. There are a dominating amount of people who have turned into the caricature of the perfect CONSUMER. It is so frustrating.

Post by sideshowb » Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 12:47 PM UTC

LeoMessi10 wrote: post #456

sideshowb wrote: post #182

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It's tempting to think the better strategy is to let the current Indian government block them and see how that plays out.

That would be true if WMF were running Wikipedia out of the goodness of their heart. They won’t leave India as they want to play a critical part in shaping public opinion among the largest group of people. Sadly people in India don’t agree with the political coverage of Wikipedia and other such media, which is what upsets almost all foreign NGOs, portals, companies in India. Some day it will become a case study as to…