On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:08 AM, emijrp <emi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all; > > Looks like Wikimedia Foundation is very worried about censorship and the > cut off of fundraising payment processors. Now. > > What did WMF do when WikiLeaks domains were seized and its fundraising > payment processors (PayPal, Visa, MasterCard) were cut off? Did WMF protest > against Internet censorship? No. > > WMF did nothing. Well, Wikipedia community wrote this disclaimer "WikiLeaks > is not affiliated with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation"[1] on the > top, and turned a blind eye. > > Now it is your turn. Enjoy. > > Regards, > emijrp > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks
I think what happened to WikiLeaks is atrocious. But this protest is to try and prevent a similar thing from happening again to *any* site, ever. This legislation would make such attacks legally permissible, and we oppose it, and not just because it could affect Wikimedia too. best, -- Phoebe WMF Board of Trustees _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
