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Fortress besieged: Russia’s nationalisation of the internet Maksim Orlov analyses the Russian government’s attempts to substitute Russian for western internet services.
Does a murderer have the right to be forgotten? In 2008 two convicted murderers asked for their names to be removed from Wikipedia and other online media outlets, in accordance with German law. Does the individual’s right to be forgotten take priority over the public’s right to know?
Online language bubbles: the last frontier? Scott A Hale explores the effect of language in seeking and imparting information on the broader web.
Censoring The Scorpions In 2008, six British ISPs blocked access to a Wikipedia page featuring an album cover with an image of a prepubescent naked girl, writes Maryam Omidi.
The knowledge commons: research and innovation in an unequal world To mark the launch of the St Antony’s International Review, a panel of experts discuss Ushahidi technology, academic journals in Latin America and the geographies of the world’s knowledge.
Mapping edits to Wikipedia from Africa Egypt made more edits to Wikipedia than any other African country between 2010 and 2011, according to new research.
Wikipedia goes dark Wikipedia, the sixth most visited site in the world, closed down its English-language pages in January 2012 in protest against two anti-piracy bills in the US. But should the online encyclopedia engage in activism?