French Intelligence Agency Forces Removal of Wikipedia Entry

saibot834 writes "The French domestic intelligence agency DCRI has forced a Wikipedia administrator to delete an article about a local military base. The administrator, who is also the president of Wikimédia France, has been threatened by the agency with immediate reprisals after his initial refusal to comply. Following a discussion on the administrator's noticeboard, the article (which is said to violate a law on the secrecy of the national defense) has been reinstated by a foreign user. Prior to pressuring the admin, DCRI contacted the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), which refused to remove the article. WMF claimed the article only contained publicly available information, in accordance with Wikipedia's verifiability policy. While the consequences for Wikimedia's community remain unclear, one thing is certain: The military base article – now available in English – will get more public awareness than ever before."

Comments

Re:Le effect Streissand.

[serviscope_minor]

1- Maybe they would spell Streisand correctly?

My god, I mispeld somthing. Will the horors never end?

Let's imagin (crazy idea, I know) that there gaol is the aplecation of local law... they certinly know that this will creeate unwanted atenshion in the short run, but mebbe that's a sacrafice there willing to make to hav wikimedia complie with local law?

You mean they want to make that wikipedia *contributer* obay the local law. Surly they kno that Wikeemedia is not a French orginisation and is not bound by French law, even if the website is acessable from there. There optins were to (a) quietly leave the sight up or (b) make a fuss and haev it up anyway.

Protip: thw web is not bound by local French law.

Re:Stupid - Lets just post the codes to the bomb

[PPH]

I believe 0000 is very commonly used

Nope. Its the President's birthday. All you have to do is to get hold of a copy of his birth cert ....... Oh, crap!