Comment by oconnore 6 months ago Wikipedia is based in San Francisco. Why can't they just tell the UK to pound sand? 4 comments oconnore Reply integralid 6 months ago Adding to what others said, they can just let UK block Wikipedia, but as a foundation that tries to share knowledge I think they're obliged to try avoid that. So they're doing just that right now, by challenging the law. netsharc 6 months ago Wikipedia's "gone black" before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA..., IMO blocking access to the whole of UK would've been a big move that could've been effective. nemomarx 6 months ago They presumably have editors in the UK, foundation members who live or work or travel therethey would at least want to block the UK from accessing it first? drivingmenuts 6 months ago Because some of Wikipedia's editors are based in the UK.
integralid 6 months ago Adding to what others said, they can just let UK block Wikipedia, but as a foundation that tries to share knowledge I think they're obliged to try avoid that. So they're doing just that right now, by challenging the law. netsharc 6 months ago Wikipedia's "gone black" before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA..., IMO blocking access to the whole of UK would've been a big move that could've been effective.
netsharc 6 months ago Wikipedia's "gone black" before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA..., IMO blocking access to the whole of UK would've been a big move that could've been effective.
nemomarx 6 months ago They presumably have editors in the UK, foundation members who live or work or travel therethey would at least want to block the UK from accessing it first?
Adding to what others said, they can just let UK block Wikipedia, but as a foundation that tries to share knowledge I think they're obliged to try avoid that. So they're doing just that right now, by challenging the law.
Wikipedia's "gone black" before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA..., IMO blocking access to the whole of UK would've been a big move that could've been effective.
They presumably have editors in the UK, foundation members who live or work or travel there
they would at least want to block the UK from accessing it first?
Because some of Wikipedia's editors are based in the UK.