Archive for May 19th, 2008
Blog and other buzz on Wikinews article censorship
The Wikimedia Foundation censored a Wikinews article about possible child pornography on Wikipedia, according to Wikileaks‘ most recently leaked document.
For full coverage, see this post.
For buzz, background and inside responses, check out the following links:
From a Wikinews Watercooler thread about the censored article, a comment by the article’s author, DragonFire1024:
My beef: this was an office [...]
Posted: May 19th, 2008 under journalism, wikileaks, wikileaks and the law, wikis.
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Wikimedia’s dirty little secrets: Wikinews censors article about Wikipedia porn controversy
The Wikimedia Foundation censored a Wikinews article about possible child pornography on Wikipedia, according to Wikileaks‘ most recently leaked document.
The Wikimedia Foundation is the parent company of Wikipedia and Wikinews, as well as a bunch of other free-content, user-created wikis. Wikileaks is not associated with Wikimedia.
Here’s the scoop. What happened, and when:
A Wikipedia article about [...]
Posted: May 19th, 2008 under Wikileaks vs. Scientology, journalism, privacy, wikileaks, wikileaks and the law, wikis.
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