  Wikipedia and Fox, working together at last |
Who could imagine that a site that allows users to post content might have some that’s ‘inappropriate’ or ‘obscene’ as conservatives define such? Or that Fox News would be in favor of censorship? Or that Jimmy Wales could ever be involved in anything controversial?
In the war over internet censorship and online morality, it was not the government, but rather Fox News that struck the latest blow. The news agency has triggered a purging of pornographic content from the world’s most popular online encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
The parent company of Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, silently conducted the removal of thousands of images. It is reportedly also is preparing a new policy concerning sexually explicit content.
Fox News claims responsibility, writing:
The move came as FoxNews.com was in the process of asking dozens of companies that have donated to Wikimedia Foundation — the umbrella group behind Wikimedia Commons and its Wiki projects, including Wikipedia — if they were aware of the extent of graphic and sexually explicit content on the sites.
Wikimedia’s donors which were contacted include Google, Microsoft’s Bing, Yahoo!, Open Society Institute, Ford Foundation, Best Buy, USA Networks and Craigslist Foundation.
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Fox News reports that Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger contacted the FBI about the nude pictures of children on the site, accusing the site of mass distribution of child pornography. According to the news organization, the FBI has declined comment about whether they will investigate the mess.
All this concern from a network that now features a lesbian talk show host, on its American Idol program. When did she become such a great judge of talent? After her own standup comedy career took a nose-dive? Or after her only Tv series and movie career, crashed and burned? How does 3% of the total US population being gay, make her a must on Idol? And don’t get be started on some of Fox’s other past disastrous “reality shows”, that screamed of indecency. Between Fox’s entertainment division, and its new division, is a chasm of immorality the size of the Grand Canyon. But they’ve got all the self-righteous fooled into believing their pretense.
Oh well it doesn’t matter anymore. With the advent of the camera phone, children have found out they can make their own pornography.