Iwf rehabilitated wikipedia
UK providers who have blocked access to Wikipedia because of information about Scorpions' Virgin Killer album have reopened access to this online encyclopedia today.
All the fuss began because of the cover of the album (released in 1976), which depicts a naked girl. The fact is that she violated the “Child Protection Act”, issued at the same time, in the 76th. The controversial picture was “justified” by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), which acted as a censor, taking into account that the image is still in the public domain on many resources. In addition, the content of the article itself is in no way criminal.
Therefore, many Britons who stayed for one page without access to the entire Wiki can breathe freely.
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And, as it turned out, the IWF just “missed” very little with the ban. Since after it, the availability of the above illegal image on the Web has only increased. Apparently, the people rushed to see why they were so censored.
via arstechnica
All the fuss began because of the cover of the album (released in 1976), which depicts a naked girl. The fact is that she violated the “Child Protection Act”, issued at the same time, in the 76th. The controversial picture was “justified” by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), which acted as a censor, taking into account that the image is still in the public domain on many resources. In addition, the content of the article itself is in no way criminal.
Therefore, many Britons who stayed for one page without access to the entire Wiki can breathe freely.
')
And, as it turned out, the IWF just “missed” very little with the ban. Since after it, the availability of the above illegal image on the Web has only increased. Apparently, the people rushed to see why they were so censored.
via arstechnica
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/46626/
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