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A Moscow courtroom has fined the Wikimedia Foundation for refusing to take away an article on Russian-language Wikipedia known as “The Russian occupation of the Zaporizhzhia region,” in response to state media.
The basis — which owns Wikipedia, a website with pages in round 300 languages, together with Russian — has been fined 2 million rubles ($24,500), Russian state-owned news company TASS reported Thursday.
The courtroom paperwork allege that Wikimedia refused to take away “material” in regards to the hostilities “within the framework of the special military operation” in Ukraine and in regards to the nation’s Zaporizhzhia area changing into a part of Russia, TASS mentioned.
Leighanna Mixter, senior authorized supervisor at Wikimedia, confirmed the effective to Act Daily News and mentioned that, over current months, the muse had obtained “a steady stream of takedown orders that target well-sourced content on Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects.”
“The information at issue on Wikipedia continues to be well-sourced and in line with applicable Wikipedia policies,” she added.
Wikimedia had additionally been fined in Russia final week and in February, TASS reported.
There have been debates in Russia about banning Wikipedia. Asked about the potential for shutting down the web site within the nation, the Kremlin mentioned final week {that a} Russian various wanted to be developed first.
Russia wants its personal equal of the web encyclopedia because of the Kremlin’s considerations in regards to the “inaccuracies, distortions,” and “historical and factual errors” on Wikipedia, mentioned Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
Source: www.cnn.com