Wikipedia "encourages terrorism or publicly condones terror"

[Poetlister]

The French government appears to have shot itself in the foot overnight after one of the country's internet service providers listed Google, Wikipedia and webhoster OVH.com as terrorist sites and blocked access. As part of the government-mandated attempt at censoring terrorism sites, Orange customers were redirected to a notification page hosted on a Ministry of the Interior server. Users were told they had been redirected "because you tried to connect to a site whose content encourages terrorism, or publicly condones terrorism".

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[Zoloft]

The French government appears to have shot itself in the foot overnight after one of the country's internet service providers listed Google, Wikipedia and webhoster OVH.com as terrorist sites and blocked access. As part of the government-mandated attempt at censoring terrorism sites, Orange customers were redirected to a notification page hosted on a Ministry of the Interior server. Users were told they had been redirected "because you tried to connect to a site whose content encourages terrorism, or publicly condones terrorism".

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Well, OVH I can almost believe. That hosting service was the source of hundreds of spambots.

[Johnny Au]

Someone once said, "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." However, there is another part of the quote: "Both men agree that the person in question is a militant." In theory, WP:NOV prefers "militant" rather than the POV "terrorist" or equally POV "freedom fighter."

[Poetlister]

Someone once said, "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." However, there is another part of the quote: "Both men agree that the person in question is a militant." In theory, WP:NOV prefers "militant" rather than the POV "terrorist" or equally POV "freedom fighter."

Wikipedia's rules are clear. If multiple reliable sources describe someone as a terrorist, then this should be noted. If there are no sources explicitly calling someone a freedom fighter, it is original research to use the term.

[lilburne]

The French government appears to have shot itself in the foot overnight after one of the country's internet service providers listed Google, Wikipedia and webhoster OVH.com as terrorist sites and blocked access. As part of the government-mandated attempt at censoring terrorism sites, Orange customers were redirected to a notification page hosted on a Ministry of the Interior server. Users were told they had been redirected "because you tried to connect to a site whose content encourages terrorism, or publicly condones terrorism".

linkhttp://www.itnews.com.au/news/frances-b ... ver-439591[/link]

Well, OVH I can almost believe. That hosting service was the source of hundreds of spambots.

Google hosts 1000s of terrorist recruitment videos.

[Zoloft]

The French government appears to have shot itself in the foot overnight after one of the country's internet service providers listed Google, Wikipedia and webhoster OVH.com as terrorist sites and blocked access. As part of the government-mandated attempt at censoring terrorism sites, Orange customers were redirected to a notification page hosted on a Ministry of the Interior server. Users were told they had been redirected "because you tried to connect to a site whose conten[tweet][/tweet]t encourages terrorism, or publicly condones terrorism".

linkhttp://www.itnews.com.au/news/frances-b ... ver-439591[/link]

Well, OVH I can almost believe. That hosting service was the source of hundreds of spambots.

Google hosts 1000s of terrorist recruitment videos.

Yes, but OVH-hosted spambots were attacking *our* site.

[lilburne]

The French government appears to have shot itself in the foot overnight after one of the country's internet service providers listed Google, Wikipedia and webhoster OVH.com as terrorist sites and blocked access. As part of the government-mandated attempt at censoring terrorism sites, Orange customers were redirected to a notification page hosted on a Ministry of the Interior server. Users were told they had been redirected "because you tried to connect to a site whose conten[tweet][/tweet]t encourages terrorism, or publicly condones terrorism".

linkhttp://www.itnews.com.au/news/frances-b ... ver-439591[/link]

Well, OVH I can almost believe. That hosting service was the source of hundreds of spambots.

Google hosts 1000s of terrorist recruitment videos.

Yes, but OVH-hosted spambots were attacking *our* site.

Range block them then
http://bgp.he.net/AS16276#_prefixes

[Zoloft]

The French government appears to have shot itself in the foot overnight after one of the country's internet service providers listed Google, Wikipedia and webhoster OVH.com as terrorist sites and blocked access. As part of the government-mandated attempt at censoring terrorism sites, Orange customers were redirected to a notification page hosted on a Ministry of the Interior server. Users were told they had been redirected "because you tried to connect to a site whose conten[tweet][/tweet]t encourages terrorism, or publicly condones terrorism".

linkhttp://www.itnews.com.au/news/frances-b ... ver-439591[/link]

Well, OVH I can almost believe. That hosting service was the source of hundreds of spambots.

Google hosts 1000s of terrorist recruitment videos.

Yes, but OVH-hosted spambots were attacking *our* site.

Range block them then
http://bgp.he.net/AS16276#_prefixes

Oh I took care of them.

[Poetlister]

Google hosts 1000s of terrorist recruitment videos.

It may make them findable, but in what sense is it hosting them?

Oh I took care of them.

He did indeed. I found a picture.

[Earthy Astringent]

Someone once said, "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." However, there is another part of the quote: "Both men agree that the person in question is a militant." In theory, WP:NOV prefers "militant" rather than the POV "terrorist" or equally POV "freedom fighter."

Wikipedia's rules are clear. If multiple reliable sources describe someone as a terrorist, then this should be noted. If there are no sources explicitly calling someone a freedom fighter, it is original research to use the term.

The lead in Osama bin Laden (T-H-L) doesn't call him a terrorist. Matter of fact it doesn't describe any of his other "occupations" or activities which was most likely a compromise for not calling him a terrorist. Contrast that to Bill Gates (T-H-L).

I don't even have to look at the OBL talk page to tell there is a "you can't call him a terrorist" crowd squatting on this article.

[lilburne]

Google hosts 1000s of terrorist recruitment videos.

It may make them findable, but in what sense is it hosting them?

It hosts the videos on YT.

[MadManz]

The French government appears to have shot itself in the foot overnight after one of the country's internet service providers listed Google, Wikipedia and webhoster OVH.com as terrorist sites and blocked access. As part of the government-mandated attempt at censoring terrorism sites, Orange customers were redirected to a notification page hosted on a Ministry of the Interior server. Users were told they had been redirected "because you tried to connect to a site whose conten[tweet][/tweet]t encourages terrorism, or publicly condones terrorism".

linkhttp://www.itnews.com.au/news/frances-b ... ver-439591[/link]

Well, OVH I can almost believe. That hosting service was the source of hundreds of spambots.

Google hosts 1000s of terrorist recruitment videos.

Yes, but OVH-hosted spambots were attacking *our* site.

"Were"? http://prntscr.com/jy0nqm (The pen for Lightshot is horribly shaky)

[Kumioko]

I guess it could be argued that since some of the Wikipedia content (probably more on the middle eastern Wiki's than English) is about terrorist orgs or members of them that it advertises them as well but I think that's pushing it. Having said that, the more places block Wikipedia the better it is for the Hasten the day crowd!