Wikipedia May Censor Images · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 19, 2011 @01:23AM from the good-thing-there's-no-other-nudity-on-the-internet dept.

KiloByte joins the ranks of accepted submitters, writing "To appease 'morality' watchdogs, Wikipedia is contemplating the introduction of a censorship feature, where images would be flagged for containing sexual references, nudity, 'mass graves,' and so on. At least in the initial implementation, it is supposed to be 'opt-in.' However, with such precedents as the UK censoring artistic nudity, Turkey censoring references to the Armenian genocide or China's stance on information about the Tiananmen massacre (note that any sensitive photos, like the Tank Man, are already absent!), I find it quite hard to believe this feature won't be mandatory for some groups of readers — whether it's thanks to an oppressive government, an ISP or a school."

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Re:In principle it's not too bad by garcia · 2011-08-19 01:59 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Oh noes, you're offended by reality. Get over it. Just like everyone else. It's supposed to be an encyclopedia of FACTS. Fact is, war, famine, sex, drugs, and vulgarity are part of the life we live in. Should we start adding censors to articles on "Intelligent Design" because it's offensive to the people who know it's not factual?
Slippery slope and one that we do not need to go down.