Hi, Pakistan? You do know anyone can edit Wikipedia, right? You don't have to ask
Pakistan's Telecommunications Authority has"degraded" Wikipedia service in the country on the grounds that the crowdsourced encyclopedia was not censoring"sacrilegious" content, and warned it may block the site altogether.from the Authority explains that it approached Wikipedia and asked the website to remove unspecified content it calls"blasphemous." The PTA said a hearing was provided, but Wikipedia did not appear.
"Given the international failure on part of the platform to comply with the directions of PTA, the services of Wikipedia have been degraded for 48 hours with the direction to block/remove the reported contents. In case of non-compliance by Wikipedia the platform will be blocked within Pakistan,"PTA added that restoration of the site would only occur if Wikipedia removed the"reported unlawful contents.
Which reads a lot like the PTA isn't aware that anyone can edit Wikipedia entries – so it could remove the content itself if it wanted to … and could convince other editors its edits are justified.
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