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Because, as someone living in the UK, the only way people here are going to realise what's going on and apply meaningful pressure to the government is if these
by amenhotep 1y ago
Because, as someone living in the UK, the only way people here are going to realise what's going on and apply meaningful pressure to the government is if these organisations force us to. And because once they've given up on one country, they'll give up on the rest just as easily.
- jeroenhd 1y agoIt'll only bring more clicks to Google's AI summary. The people who care about Wikipedia itself probably already know about the government plans.
- freedomben 1y agoIs there backlash for this sort of thing? When they did their blackout thing some years back, a lot of people who were sympathetic to the cause were also highly annoyed at the disruption to their workflows, to the point that if it had gone on much longer it might have backfired on Wiki. I've seen similar affects with protesters blocking roads and such. I always wonder if it's just a small minority or if it happens more widespread
- righthand 1y agoWhat would the backlash possibly be? Someone in the UK starting their own censored Wikipedia would be a good thing in the long and short run. Backlash but positive backlash.
- notpushkin 1y ago> Someone in the UK starting their own censored Wikipedia would be a good thing in the long and short run. I’m seeing that playing out with a Russian Wikipedia (forked as Ruwiki and heavily edited to be in line with Kremlin propaganda), and I don’t like it one bit. There’s not much you can do as it’s free/open content, but it still sucks.
- wiml 1y agoReminds me of Conservapedia, which was a Wikipedia fork with everything that the US religious right disliked removed.
- wat10000 1y agoPresent tense; it’s still around. Near the top of their list of popular articles is “Counterexamples to Relativity” which gives a good flavor of what it’s all about.
- Tadpole9181 1y agoBacklash? What are they gonna do - not look at the Wikipedia they don't have access to? It's not funded by ads or anything, this literally is easier and cheaper for them, and Britain loses an enormous trove of knowledge.
- contravariant 1y agoSure, but letting the UK government block wikipedia makes things _much_ clearer for everyone.