The Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor said it will fine Wikipedia up to 4 million rubles (about $49,000) if it doesn’t delete factual information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in its Russian language encyclopedia entries.
At the time, the media who reported on it (and the ensuing Streisand effect) didn’t go with the State narrative. There’s many problems with bias and select information on wikipedia, but blindly following Nation States requests is not one of them. There’s many ways in which the media/copyright establishment is annoyed by Wikipedia, and they will take any chance they have to say Wikipedia is highly unreliable because anyone can edit it, but they certainly avoid pointing to “misinformation” on wikipedia they wouldn’t like us to know about.
made me laugh! but unfortunately to many peoples around the planet the French army and intelligence is still a major threat to their daily lives. for example in Centrafrique or Mali (neocolonies) or in Kanaky/Guyane/Guadeloupe (colonies to this day)
And yet when french secret services detained wikipedia FR admin and forced them to delete an embarrassing page about a SIGINT station, the community took a stand against secret services messing with informing the public: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-sur-Haute_military_radio_station#Controversy_over_Wikipedia_article
At the time, the media who reported on it (and the ensuing Streisand effect) didn’t go with the State narrative. There’s many problems with bias and select information on wikipedia, but blindly following Nation States requests is not one of them. There’s many ways in which the media/copyright establishment is annoyed by Wikipedia, and they will take any chance they have to say Wikipedia is highly unreliable because anyone can edit it, but they certainly avoid pointing to “misinformation” on wikipedia they wouldn’t like us to know about.
Exhibit number 739499 that no one takes the French army or their intelligence seriously.
made me laugh! but unfortunately to many peoples around the planet the French army and intelligence is still a major threat to their daily lives. for example in Centrafrique or Mali (neocolonies) or in Kanaky/Guyane/Guadeloupe (colonies to this day)
EDIT: spelling