The Verge

MARCH 3, 2022

The Wikimedia Foundation has issued a statement supporting Russian Wikipedia volunteers after a censorship demand from internet regulators. As ever, Wikipedia is an important source of reliable, factual information in this crisis. As Input notes , Russian authorities have sent a number of complaints about Wikipedia pages in the past.

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The Verge

MARCH 11, 2022

Image: Wikipedia. The Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of Belarus (GUBOPiK) has detained prominent Wikipedia editor Mark Bernstein, according to the Belarusian publication Zerkalo. Bernstein is one of the top 50 editors of Russian Wikipedia.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 15, 2023

The Interfax news agency reported in July that Reddit was facing its first-ever fine from Russia after it failed to remove content that Moscow said discredits the Russian army. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

MARCH 5, 2022

As Doug Madory, an internet analyst at network tracking company Kentik points out , some of the company’s most prominent Russian customers include the state-backed telecom giant Rostelecom, Russian search engine Yandex, and two of Russia’s largest mobile carriers: MegaFon and VEON. WTF Cogent? Don't do Putin's dirty work for him.

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2022

Russia’s lower house of parliament has passed a law punishing “fake news” with up to 15 years in prison, according to Reuters. The rule would impose fines or jail terms for spreading false information about the military, as well as fines for people who publicly call for sanctions against Russia.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

He also writes about India’s information technology junior minister sending a summons to Wikipedia after edits were made to the page of cricketer Arshdeep Singh, “suggesting that some people from Pakistan were behind the act and were attempting to disrupt peace in the South Asian market.”.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

Here’s Russell Brandom at The Verge : Dubbed “Secondary Infektion,” the campaign spanned a number of online platforms, beginning on the Russia-based LiveJournal in 2014, and moving to Twitter and YouTube later that year. Wikipedia editors are questioning what it means to be a platform committed to “neutrality.”

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