+ 1 *Times of India : Twitter, Facebook users target Sibal* http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/social-media/Twitter-Facebook-users-target-Sibal/articleshow/11018300.cms
"*Sibal's Wikipedia profile was edited 21 times by web users and activists on Tuesday . His profile was locked later in the evening due to a large amount of web activists trying to edit simultaneously, describing him in unkind words*." -TC On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:05 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com>wrote: > On a related note, this has appeared on *The Economic Times* : > > " Five reasons why India can't censor the Internet" > > http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/five-reasons-why-india-cant-censor-the-internet/articleshow/11018330.cms > > > "*Yes, Internet content has the permanence and public-impact potential > that a phone call does not, but equally, it lends itself brilliantly to > self-regulation. * > * > * > *3. Peer review works: Wikipedia is the best example. Who could have > imagined that a user-created encyclopedia could be so objective, and > comprehensive? Yes, anyone can go in and edit anything (barring entries > like "Kapil Sibal", which have been locked due to vandalism!). * > * > * > *If you make an inappropriate change, someone will come in and correct it. > * " > > > Regards > Tinu Cherian > > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is basically restriction of freedom of expression and it will >> hurt Wikipedia much more than it hurts Twitter or Facebook. >> >> On 07/12/2011, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik....@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:06, Achal Prabhala <aprabh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> fyi >> >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> >> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Indian Minister Kapil Sibal Wants to >> >> Censor >> >> social >> >> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:02:10 +0530 >> >> From: Achal Prabhala <aprabh...@gmail.com> >> >> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List < >> >> foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org> >> >> >> > >> > I just want to write that there was a community member who seemed to be >> of >> > the notion ImageFilter is the technical fix for what Kapil Sibal is >> > proposing(without probably understanding / knowing much) and connecting >> the >> > two distinct things. Yes Sibal showed some images as examples for his >> > support, but what Sibal means is much more and prescreening of every >> byte >> > of user generated content. Please tell that member that linking up 2 >> > different things is not a good idea. ImageFilter needs to be discussed >> with >> > its own merits / demerits and this thing that Sibal proposes means much >> > more than images. >> > >> > If at all the legislation comes and is being enforced, I think Wikimedia >> > projects are better equipped *technically* than other social media sites >> > cited to support the local laws(so that we need not be banned if that >> goes >> > to that extreme) with a combination of ImageFilter / FlaggedRevisions >> and >> > some more customizations, but thats not where we would like to go. >> > Community is already not so strong and needs support, there is so much >> work >> > to do in increasing content, censorship will cripple Indian community if >> > such a thing happens. >> > >> > There are many questions that the communities need to decide as to >> submit >> > to Indian laws (if at all they come through) and I hope the situation >> does >> > not arise for us to take those tough calls. >> > >> > PS : I would not like to post / join foundation-l myself since it has >> high >> > SNR IMO. >> > >> > -- >> > Regards >> > Srikanth.L >> > >> >> -- >> Sent from my mobile device >> >> Regards, >> Srikanth Ramakrishnan. >> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th. >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > >
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