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It matters who hosted the speech, but also what jurisdiction the host is in. India cannot hope to enforce this outside India. I suspect WMF complied in protest
by aspenmayer 2y ago
It matters who hosted the speech, but also what jurisdiction the host is in. India cannot hope to enforce this outside India.
I suspect WMF complied in protest in order to draw attention to the censorious nature of the rulings so far.
Seems like it's working well for them.
Wikipedia explicitly considers it censorship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Wikipedia#India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Wikipedia#India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
- rchard2scout 2y agoAccording to Jimbo Wales, they complied in order to not "lose the possibility to appeal". Apparently, "the short term legal requirements in order to not wreck the long term chance of victory made this a necessary step." WMF lawyers are doing "everything [they] can to win this battle for the long run, as opposed to petulantly refusing to do something today." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#c-Jimbo_Wales-20241021091300-Comment_from_Jimbo_Wales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#c...
- aspenmayer 2y agoThanks for that citation, that really helps. Archived just in case! https://archive.is/qjppc https://archive.is/qjppc