[Chapter-delegates] Wikipedia in Russian will be closed on 10th of July

[Veni Markovski]

Thanks!

It is not working already for several hours.

Good job!

v.


On 07/10/2012 05:36, Anna Karakhanyan wrote:
> Wikipedia in Russian will be closed on 10th of July because of Russian 
> parliament’s debating of amendments to the law «About information» 
> that could create real censorship of the internet — a blacklisting and 
> filtering of internet sites.
>
> Supporters of the law’s proposition say that it is aimed only at 
> widely prohibited content such as child pornography and «information 
> like this», but conditions for determining the content falls under 
> this law will create a thing like the «great Chinese firewall». The 
> existing Russian law’s practice shows the high possibility of the 
> worst scenatio, in which access to Wikipedia soon will be closed in 
> all country.
>
> On July 11 will be held the second reading of the law in the State 
> Duma. The law will come into force after the third reading, which date 
> isn’t set yet.
>
> Anna Karakhanyan
> ISOC AM
>
>
>
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