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Wikipedia Won't Bow to Chinese Censors

Posted by kdawson on from the taking-a-stand dept.

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.'"

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  1. Why? by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would China ban Wikipedia... When they can just edit it?

    1. Re:Why? by king-manic · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why would China ban Wikipedia... When they can just edit it?

      # of employees in Chinese censorship office
      1,500

      # of chinese nationals who want to correct the offficial bullshit
      ~100,000+

      # of non nationals wanting to correct the official bullshit

      ~1-2 million

      clearly even with cheap labor they couldn't compete. So they banned it.

      --
      "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
  2. Rewrite History by raftpeople · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.