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post Tue 4th October 2011, 7:43pm
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia Threatens To Shut Down Italian Site In Response To Berlusconi's New ...[/b]
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Image: AP The proposed law is known as the "DDL intercettazioni" (Wiretapping Act), and critics see it as an attempt by Berlusconi's government to censor bloggers. With this announcement, we want to warn our readers against the risks arising from ...



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post Tue 4th October 2011, 10:53pm
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Italian-language [b]Wikipedia hidden, may shut down[/b]
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In a message it posted today, Wikipedia said it has hidden the Italian-language portion of the site due to a new law proposed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's administration. According to the message, the site section will remain hidden while the ...

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post Tue 4th October 2011, 10:23pm
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />New Wiretapping Act puts Italian [b]Wikipedia at risk of deletion[/b]
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If you're trying to load up the Italian version of Wikipedia, the crowd-sourced and free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, you will instead find a letter informing readers that the page might soon be deleted. A new law currently being debated by the ...

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allowing that sort of reputation-damaging content on Wikipedia is already being avoided in all instances. In fact, in the very rare event that users debating over content relevancy can not reach an agreement, the entire page ends up being deleted to avoid future problems.


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post Wed 5th October 2011, 12:26am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Italian [b]Wikipedia Shuts Down Prompted by New Wiretap Act[/b]
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By IBTimes Staff Reporter | October 4, 2011 8:23 PM EDT Wikipedia's Italian edition homepage has been shut down following the prospect of a new wiretap law from Italy's Prime Minister, forcing the Italian language Web site to be hidden with the ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia may shut down Italian-language site in response to speech restrictions[/b]
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Wikipedia shuts down the Italian site and threatens complete deletion in response to speech restrictions from the Italian Prime Minister. Wikipedia has chosen to temporarily hide its Italian edition due to the prospect of new speech restrictions in ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia hides Italian language edition to protest new law[/b]
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Wikipedia said it was hiding the Italian edition of the online encyclopedia to protest against a proposed new rule in the country, that will require websites to publish corrections within 48 hours of content being found objectionable, without review. ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia hides Italian language edition to protest new law[/b]
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia Hides Italian Language Edition to Protest New Law[/b]
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IDG News Service — Wikipedia said it was hiding the Italian edition of the online encyclopedia to protest against a proposed new rule in the country, that will require websites to publish corrections within 48 hours of content being ...

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October 05, 2011, 1:30 AM — Wikipedia said it was hiding the Italian edition of the online encyclopedia to protest against a proposed new rule in the country, that will require websites to publish corrections within 48 hours of content being found ...

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia in Italian : freedom of press at risk by new Berlusconi law[/b]
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After the trial of the Italian seismologists, a new dark topic arises at the Italian horizon. Will Italy remain a free internet press community or will it become a censored totalitarian state. The Berlusconi government does not like the current free ...

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