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Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court. (archive.ph)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by Dot@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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In July 2024, ANI filed a lawsuit against Wikimedia Foundation in the Delhi High Court — claiming to have been defamed in its article on Wikipedia — and sought ₹2 crore (US$240,000) in damages. At the time of the suit's filing, the Wikipedia article about ANI said the news agency had "been accused of having served as a propaganda tool for the incumbent central government, distributing materials from a vast network of fake news websites, and misreporting events on multiple occasions". The filing accused Wikipedia of publishing "false and defamatory content with the malicious intent of tarnishing the news agency's reputation, and aimed to discredit its goodwill".

On 5 September, the Court threatened to hold Wikimedia guilty of contempt for failing to disclose information about the editors who had made changes to the article and warned that Wikipedia might be blocked in India upon further non-compliance. The judge on the case stated "If you don't like India, please don't work in India... We will ask government to block your site". In response, Wikimedia emphasized that the information in the article was supported by multiple reliable secondary sources. Justice Manmohan said "I think nothing can be worse for a news agency than to be called a puppet of an intelligence agency, stooge of the government. If that is true, the credibility goes."

On 21 October, the Wikimedia Foundation suspended access to the article for Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation due to an order from the court.

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[–] RV5@kbin.melroy.org 55 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I don't know what exactly is blocked worldwde, but in the frenche Wikipedia here, while the description is short, it's here and extremely explicit:

[ANI] est pointée comme une « fabrique de fake news », un canal de désinformation proche du gouvernement indien4, dont les articles citent pour décrédibiliser les rivaux du pays de prétendus experts inventés de toutes pièces in other words, '{the ANI news agency] is considered a fake news factory and a deinformation channel close to the government whose papers use to quote invented fake experts to de-credibilize rival countries' Couldn't be clearer (and unbanned)...

[–] gex@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

This is the blocked article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_News_International_vs._Wikimedia_Foundation (https://archive.is/ZmGGk)

Here's an archived version of it before getting blocked: https://archive.is/dNTEl

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

from that page i can switch to English ☞ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_News_International

In July 2024, ANI filed a lawsuit against Wikimedia Foundation in the Delhi High Court — claiming to have been defamed in its article on Wikipedia — and sought ₹2 crore (US$240,000) in damages. At the time of the suit's filing, the Wikipedia article about ANI said the news agency had "been accused of having served as a propaganda tool for the incumbent central government, distributing materials from a vast network of fake news websites, and misreporting events on multiple occasions". The filing accused Wikipedia of publishing "false and defamatory content with the malicious intent of tarnishing the news agency's reputation, and aimed to discredit its goodwill".

On 5 September, the Court threatened to hold Wikimedia guilty of contempt for failing to disclose information about the editors who had made changes to the article and warned that Wikipedia might be blocked in India upon further non-compliance. The judge on the case stated "If you don't like India, please don't work in India... We will ask government to block your site". In response, Wikimedia emphasized that the information in the article was supported by multiple reliable secondary sources. Justice Manmohan said "I think nothing can be worse for a news agency than to be called a puppet of an intelligence agency, stooge of the government. If that is true, the credibility goes."

On 21 October, the Wikimedia Foundation suspended access to the article for Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation due to an order from the court.

which is what's quoted by OP

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Damn corps always getting away with stuff. They should fine them as a percentage of profit ….😉

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

you did not leave space between the quote and your message after it, and clients see it as a whole quote

[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You mean between the French article and the English comment? :)

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

yes, that