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Wikipedia Black-Out

Wikipedia Black-Out

27 October 2018 | Rodrigo, for Netopia.eu

Rather ironically, during the EU Copyright Directive vote stages Google funded Wikipedia blacked out in various countries and encouraged users to remonstrate with MEPs citing #saveyourinternet as a hashtag, claiming not doing so would lead to #uploadfilters, and restricting content.

Wikimedia Black Out - Limiting Users

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