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Wikipedia is based in San Francisco. Why can't they just tell the UK to pound sand?
by oconnore 1y ago
Wikipedia is based in San Francisco. Why can't they just tell the UK to pound sand?
- drivingmenuts 1y agoBecause some of Wikipedia's editors are based in the UK.
- nemomarx 1y agoThey presumably have editors in the UK, foundation members who live or work or travel there they would at least want to block the UK from accessing it first?
- integralid 1y agoAdding to what others said, they can just let UK block Wikipedia, but as a foundation that tries to share knowledge I think they're obliged to try avoid that. So they're doing just that right now, by challenging the law.
- netsharc 1y agoWikipedia's "gone black" before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA#Wikimedia_community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA..., IMO blocking access to the whole of UK would've been a big move that could've been effective.