On 11/07/12 09:57, Fred Bauder wrote:
Try
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/10/russian-wikipedia-shut-down-protest?INTCMP=SRCH
It is quite possible, as in China, political censorship is the actual
purpose, and pornography, and whatever, is just the excuse.
Yes, but this has nothing to do with Putin. First, it doesn't seem that
this law is pushed personally by Putin. Second, Russian Wikipedians
would be against the law regardless of whether it is pushed by Putin or
not. Third, a anti-Putin pro-Western government could be expected to be
even worse in this regard.
On 11/07/12 09:40, Milos Rancic wrote:
Yep, I forgot it. BTW, note the comments below RIA Novosti news on
Russian Wikipedia strike [1]. That baseline fluctuates a lot :)
[1] http://en.ria.ru/society/20120710/174509543.html
By the way, Western media are spinning this to be an anti-Putin protest,
see f.e.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/10/russian-wikipedia-shut-down-protest
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