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Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court. (archive.ph)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In July 2024, ANI filed a lawsuit against Wikimedia Foundation in the Delhi High Court — claiming to have been defamed in its article on Wikipedia — and sought ₹2 crore (US$240,000) in damages. At the time of the suit's filing, the Wikipedia article about ANI said the news agency had "been accused of having served as a propaganda tool for the incumbent central government, distributing materials from a vast network of fake news websites, and misreporting events on multiple occasions". The filing accused Wikipedia of publishing "false and defamatory content with the malicious intent of tarnishing the news agency's reputation, and aimed to discredit its goodwill".

On 5 September, the Court threatened to hold Wikimedia guilty of contempt for failing to disclose information about the editors who had made changes to the article and warned that Wikipedia might be blocked in India upon further non-compliance. The judge on the case stated "If you don't like India, please don't work in India... We will ask government to block your site". In response, Wikimedia emphasized that the information in the article was supported by multiple reliable secondary sources. Justice Manmohan said "I think nothing can be worse for a news agency than to be called a puppet of an intelligence agency, stooge of the government. If that is true, the credibility goes."

On 21 October, the Wikimedia Foundation suspended access to the article for Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation due to an order from the court.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Fuck the Indian regime.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Fuck all abusive government

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (3 children)

This right here. Let's not single out India, there's a lot of shitheel governments to go around.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago

The article is about India.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

It's the country named in the article lmao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Which other countries were subjects of the article?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fuck me.

... please?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Article is specifically about India

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fuck all abusive government.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

This article is specifically about India, going All Lives Matter just seems strange here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Comparing the censorship of a Wikipedia article to the treatment of black people is shameful. You’re way off base.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm saying you are taking a specific criticism and veering it into a vague criticism. The article is about India so criticism is directed towards India. Saying "it's bad whoever does it" bring nothing to the table.