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Brit ISPs censor Wikipedia over 'child porn' album cover • The Register
theregister.co.uk - 12/7/2008
Brit ISPs censor Wikipedia over 'child porn' album cover • The Register
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Updated Six British ISPs are filtering access to Wikipedia after the site was added to an Internet Watch Foundation child-pornography blacklist, according to Wikipedia administrators. As of Sunday morning UK time, certain British web surfers were unable to view at least one Wikipedia article ...

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Gawker: Valleywag:  Kiddie-porn scandal lands Wikipedia a British ban [The Sum Of All Human Knowledge]

Techdirt:  UK ISPs Block Wikipedia Page; Cause Problem With UK Editing

iwf.org.uk - 12/8/2008
IWF statement regarding Wikipedia URL
— iwf.org.uk — IWF is the UK's internet ‘Hotline' for the public and IT professionals to report potentially illegal online content within our remit. We work in partnership with the online industry, law enforcement, government, the education sector, charities, ... (more) IWF statement regarding Wikipedia URL

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IWF statement regarding Wikipedia webpage
iwf.org.uk - 12/9/2008
IWF statement regarding Wikipedia webpage
— iwf.org.uk — IWF Logo A Wikipedia webpage was reported through the IWF's online reporting mechanism on 4 December 2008. As with all potentially illegal online child sexual abuse reports we receive, the image was assessed according to current UK legislation and in ... (more) IWF statement regarding Wikipedia webpage

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guardian.co.uk - 12/8/2008
Wikipedia row escalates as internet watchdog considers censoring Amazon US over Scorpions image
— guardian.co.uk — The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is reviewing its decision to list as "child pornography" the image on one version of the album "Virgin Killer" by the rock band The Scorpions hosted on Wikipedia – and might yet add Amazon US to its list of ... (more) Wikipedia row escalates as internet watchdog considers ...

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Kiddie-porn scandal lands Wikipedia a British ban [The Sum Of All Human Knowledge]
Gawker: Valleywag — ... . Their stubbornness has landed the Wikipedia page on a list of porn sites maintained by Internet Watch, a British group, whose censorship recommendations many British ISPs follow. ...

UK ISPs Block Wikipedia Page; Cause Problem With UK Editing
Techdirt — ... "blacklists" that ISPs have to block access to, is that it will always create huge questions over borderline content. At least if there's a lawsuit that involves taking down specific illegal content, there's due process to determine if the content is actually illegal. But handing that authority to a single entity with no outstanding review process seems quite dangerous. And, now, it's resulted in a variety of UK ISPs, who subscribe to Internet Watch Foundation UK's blacklist, to block a particular page on Wikipedia. The page itself is about an album, Virgin ...

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