[HN Gopher] Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi High Court
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Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi High Court
Author : intunderflow
Score : 25 points
Date : 2024-10-25 22:17 UTC (42 minutes ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (en.wikipedia.org)
| java-man wrote:
| Why is it blocked worldwide? Should the page be geofenced
| instead?
| gigel82 wrote:
| I agree, this makes no sense. Can the "Russian High Court"
| block access to all pages mentioning the invasion of Ukraine
| and Wikipedia will just comply worldwide?
| big-green-man wrote:
| Sovereignty isn't fungible. India's ability to coerce
| worldwide is significantly higher than Russia's right now.
| ivanmontillam wrote:
| That's need to end.
| jprete wrote:
| If the court order specifies that it be taken down worldwide,
| and the court order isn't definitely illegal according to
| Indian law, and the Wikimedia Foundation has operations in
| India that they want to preserve, they may not have a choice.
| mouse_ wrote:
| I get that pulling out of India would be an incredibly
| difficult move to even consider. But abandoning all
| principles should be as well.
| jprete wrote:
| This article might be more informative although I can't say how
| accurate it is: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/wikipedia-
| suspends-ac...
| asimpleusecase wrote:
| https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/wikipedia-suspends-ac...
|
| Here is an article from India with some of the story
| jsheard wrote:
| It's not the first time India has pulled a stunt like this:
| https://archive.is/BnUhm
| redrix wrote:
| http://archive.today/XIxZv
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