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Wikipedia Won't Bow to Chinese Censors
truthsearch writes "Jimmy Wales has defied the Chinese government by refusing to bow to censorship of politically sensitive Wikipedia entries. He challenges other internet companies, including Google, to justify their claim that they could do more good than harm by co-operating with Beijing. Wikipedia has been banned from China since last October. Whereas Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo went into the country accepting some restrictions on their online content, Wales believes it must be all or nothing for Wikipedia. 'We occupy a position in the culture that I wish Google would take up, which is that we stand for the freedom for information.'"
Why would China ban Wikipedia... When they can just edit it?
With over 1 billion people, if every chinese did their part, there's no way the rest of the world could keep up with their entries into Wikipedia.
First against the wall when the revolution comes.
Google's search led me to Wikipedia, but since I'm in China, I can't read it.
It's easy to be heroic when you have nothing to lose. It's like instead of rescuing the princess from a fire-breathing dragon, Jimmy is rescuing her from a field mouse.
While in the other valley, Tommy tells the dragon where the knight is hiding out, and tells the princess he had no choice, it was the only way to be able to access the dragons's hoard... er I mean to slowly convince the dragon of the error of his ways...
Magic doesn't work in my presence. My power of disbelief is too strong.
Are you suggesting Chinese piracy? What an interesting concept, I've never heard of such a thing!
I've never heard of...
Wow. You've never heard of something. Great research there. No one's ever walked up to you and told you something, so your assumptions must be true!
-- I'm old enough to have lived through six different meanings of the word "hacker."
Because it's an excellent way for people to blow off steam, without havnig any effect on the real world.