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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Wikipedia Shuts Site to Protest Bill for Firewall in Russia - NYTimes.com

Wikipedia Shuts Site to Protest Bill for Firewall in Russia - NYTimes.com

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  1. Critics said the law could quickly lead to repression of speech and a restrictive firewall like the one in China.

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    Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, shut its Russian Web site on Tuesday to protest the proposed measure, and instead posted a large warning on its home page: “Imagine a world without free knowledge.” The notice said the proposed law “can lead to the creation of extrajudicial censorship of the Internet in Russia, including the closure of access to Wikipedia.”

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