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The Wikimedia Foundation has issued a statement supporting Russian Wikipedia volunteers after a censorship demand<\/a> from internet regulators. On Tuesday, tech and communications regulator Roskomnadzor threatened to block Wikipedia<\/a> over the Russian-language page covering Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, claiming it contained \u201cfalse messages\u201d about war casualties and the effects of economic sanctions, among other things.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn March 1st 2022 the Wikimedia Foundation received a Russian government demand to remove content related to the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine posted by volunteer contributors to Russian Wikipedia,\u201d reads the statement sent to The Verge<\/em> via email. \u201cAs ever, Wikipedia is an important source of reliable, factual information in this crisis. In recognition of this important role, we will not back down in the face of efforts to censor and intimidate members of our movement. We stand by our mission to deliver free knowledge to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Roskomnadzor demand<\/a>, which was posted in Russian Wikipedia\u2019s Telegram channel, demands Wikimedia address user edits from a February 27th version of the article. As translated by Wikimedia Russia<\/a>, it takes issue with \u201cinformation about numerous casualties among the military personnel of the Russian Federation, as well as the civilian population of Ukraine, including number of children,\u201d as well as \u201cthe need to withdraw funds from accounts in banks of the Russian Federation in connection with the sanctions imposed by foreign states.\u201d (While the war\u2019s casualties remain difficult to estimate, the United Nations has confirmed hundreds of civilian deaths<\/a> in Ukraine since the conflict began last week, including at least 13 children, and acknowledged that its numbers likely underestimate the real death toll.)<\/p>\n

Wikimedia Russia called the claims \u201cfundamentally impossible\u201d to evaluate and urged the government not to block access to the article \u2014 which would effectively require blocking access to all of Wikipedia. It also noted that the page is constantly changing thanks to the work of its numerous editors. \u201cAll these people have very different views on what is happening, and they are all very careful to ensure that someone does not insert false information or misleading wording into the article,\u201d the group wrote.<\/p>\n

As Input<\/em> notes<\/a>, Russian authorities have sent a number of complaints about Wikipedia pages in the past. The government outright blocked the site<\/a> in 2015 over a cannabis-related article, but the blackout was short-lived. However, the current threat is part of a larger online crackdown around the invasion \u2014 one that\u2019s seen Russia block Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> in an effort to control the narrative around the war. \u201cTuesday\u2019s takedown request threatened censorship. Denying people access to reliable information, at a time of crisis, can have life-altering consequences,\u201d warned the Wikimedia statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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