12.08.08

British ISPs Blocking Wikipedia Content

Posted in geekery at 9:47 am by GaZ

From the BBC: Wikipedia child image censored

A decision by a number of UK internet providers to block a Wikipedia page showing an image of a naked girl has angered users of the popular site.

The wikipedia page in question, regarding the Scorpions album “Virgin Killer,” appears to be blocked by my ISP (Virgin Media)… all I get is a blank page, however I can access the page from work (can’t remember which ISP we use). But in the words of Kim Jong Il: Congwatulations… you have stopped nothing!

Update (10/12/2008): The IWF have now removed the wikipedia page from their list. Hooray for the Streisand effect!