Officials Used The City Attorney To Try and Unmask Wikipedia Editors That Published “Accurate But Unfavorable” Info

If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. North Carolina’s Durham City officials have been accused of attempting to get Wikimedia Foundation (that’s behind Wikipedia) to get rid of what’s said to be true, but unpleasant to them, information. And this time, it seems Wikimedia stood behind the right of users (editors) participating on the platform to have such information available. The city government’s demand was to learn who these editors are, Indy Week reported. And information in question has to do with the allegedly illegal/improper professional behavior of several officials, ranging from accusations of bribery to physical violence, and requesting that staff employed by the city join one of their reelection campaigns. It should be noted that at this time, all these instances are at the level of investigations and accusations, or are claims qualified with the term “reportedly” – and without any conclusive results that prove their guilt/involvement; clearly, the officials thought that was enough “reputation” to protect, and decided to go for the extreme measure of trying to unmask anonymous contributors. Nevertheless, some reports now say these are all truthful claims, even if obviously not favorable for those facing them, and that the attempt to suppress bad press, so to speak, is resulting in what’s known as the “Streisand effect” – namely, in more people learning about this than would have been the case had the Durham officials just ignored Wikipedia. Either way, the fact is that city attorney…Officials Used The City Attorney To Try and Unmask Wikipedia Editors That Published “Accurate But Unfavorable” Info