ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

"Wikinews has learned that at least six of the United Kingdom's main Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have implemented
monitoring and filtering mechanisms that are causing major problems for UK contributors on websites operated by the 
Wikimedia Foundation,
amongst up to 1200 other websites.
The filters appear to be applied because Wikimedia sites are hosting a Scorpions album cover which some call child 
pornography.
..."

More at
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/British_ISPs_restrict_access_to_Wikipedia_amid_child_pornography_allegations

Finnish TeliaSonera has reportedly blocked this Wikipedia page too, because they are using IWF's list.

TeliaSonera case in Finland was reported by Mr. Matti Nikki http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/nikki/

Juha-Matti
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