In July 2024, ANI filed a lawsuit against Wikimedia Foundation in the Delhi High Court — claiming to have been defamed in its article on Wikipedia — and sought ₹2 crore (US$240,000) in damages. At the time of the suit’s filing, the Wikipedia article about ANI said the news agency had “been accused of having served as a propaganda tool for the incumbent central government, distributing materials from a vast network of fake news websites, and misreporting events on multiple occasions”. The filing accused Wikipedia of publishing “false and defamatory content with the malicious intent of tarnishing the news agency’s reputation, and aimed to discredit its goodwill”.
On 5 September, the Court threatened to hold Wikimedia guilty of contempt for failing to disclose information about the editors who had made changes to the article and warned that Wikipedia might be blocked in India upon further non-compliance. The judge on the case stated “If you don’t like India, please don’t work in India… We will ask government to block your site”. In response, Wikimedia emphasized that the information in the article was supported by multiple reliable secondary sources. Justice Manmohan said “I think nothing can be worse for a news agency than to be called a puppet of an intelligence agency, stooge of the government. If that is true, the credibility goes.”
On 21 October, the Wikimedia Foundation suspended access to the article for Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation due to an order from the court.
Comparing the censorship of a Wikipedia article to the treatment of black people is shameful. You’re way off base.
I’m saying you are taking a specific criticism and veering it into a vague criticism. The article is about India so criticism is directed towards India. Saying “it’s bad whoever does it” bring nothing to the table.
And you’re taking a vague criticism and trying to make it into something it’s not.
The article was specifically about India. So people specifically criticized India. Doesn’t seem vague to me.
Okay?
You seemed to have trouble understanding what was going on.
No, I get it. You want to make something more than it is because you enjoy being mad. So, you pick a big topic to compare it to. One that, if it were true, would theoretically make me look bad. Then you double down on it because, again, you like being mad. You want everything to be the way you want it, and you don’t accept that other people have different opinions that are as equally as valid as your own.
Not sure if copypasta or AI text…
Yes, clearly you have issues comprehending.
Using a baseball allusion when referring to censorship is shameful. You really dropped the ball here.
Haha