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If possible it would be better to let India block wikipedia themselves, that way the government doesn't get to shift blame on Wikipedia. Whichever way it goes t
by contravariant 2y ago
If possible it would be better to let India block wikipedia themselves, that way the government doesn't get to shift blame on Wikipedia. Whichever way it goes the government has a lot of control over the narrative and it's a lot harder for them to hide that it is their decision to block wikipedia completely.
- brainzap 2y agogood answer
- Self-Perfection 2y agoGovernments do not hesitate to blatantly shift blame. For instance, Russian internet censorship agency blocks YouTube for a couple of months and they still pretend that it is Google's technical issue: https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/23/10/2024/6718fc469a7947f3be50635b?from=share https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/23/10/2024/6718fc469...
- startupsfail 2y agoI’m a bit surprised Google is still serving at Russia, are they doing it to avoid loosing browser and search market share? They could not be making any money on advertising there, I assume?
- seppel 2y ago> They could not be making any money on advertising there, I assume? When they show an advertisement of, say, some asian company to a russian user, they are still making money, aren't they?
- spartach 2y agoThey just don't show any ads to Russian users (if the user doesn't use a VPN to the outer world).