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Wikipedia Distributing Child Porn - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 28th Apr, 2010 - 8:26pm
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Wikipedia Distributing Child Porn?
I was shocked when I read the opinion on pedophilia by Erik Möller, Wikimedia's Foundation Deputy Director. According to him "It's really simple. If the child doesn't want it, is neutral or ambiguous, it's inappropriate."
QUOTE The parent company of Wikipedia is knowingly distributing child pornography, the co-founder of the online encyclopedia says, and he's imploring the FBI to investigate.
Larry Sanger, who left Wikipedia in 2002, said Wikimedia Commons, the parent company of Wiki products including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikinews and Wikiquote, is rife with renderings of children performing sexual acts.
Sanger sent a letter to the FBI earlier this month outlining his concerns and identifying two specific Wikimedia Commons categories he believes violate federal obscenity law.
The first category, entitled "Pedophilia," contains 25-30 explicit and detailed drawings of children performing sexual acts. The category was created three years ago.
The second, "Lolicon," provides cartoons similar in detail and depiction. One of the more egregious cartoons shows a rendering of a young child about to perform oral sex on a much older man.
"I wasn't shocked that it was online, but I was shocked that it was on a Wikimedia Foundation site that purports to be a reference site," said Sanger, who is now involved in educational projects like Citizendium.org and WatchKnow.org, non-profit directories of videos for students grades pre-K to 12. (Wikimedia Commons is owned and hosted by the California-based Wikimedia Foundation.)
"I think a lot of teachers and education technologists responsible for the filters at public schools don't realize how much and what level of pornography there is in the system. I"m quite sure that if they knew there were pages devoted to pedophilia, it might make them think twice about giving students unrestricted access in schools."
Wikimedia's general counsel did not respond to a request for comment. An e-mail sent to the foundation's press contact was not returned....
Larry Sanger, who left Wikipedia in 2002, said Wikimedia Commons, the parent company of Wiki products including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikinews and Wikiquote, is rife with renderings of children performing sexual acts.
Sanger sent a letter to the FBI earlier this month outlining his concerns and identifying two specific Wikimedia Commons categories he believes violate federal obscenity law.
The first category, entitled "Pedophilia," contains 25-30 explicit and detailed drawings of children performing sexual acts. The category was created three years ago.
The second, "Lolicon," provides cartoons similar in detail and depiction. One of the more egregious cartoons shows a rendering of a young child about to perform oral sex on a much older man.
"I wasn't shocked that it was online, but I was shocked that it was on a Wikimedia Foundation site that purports to be a reference site," said Sanger, who is now involved in educational projects like Citizendium.org and WatchKnow.org, non-profit directories of videos for students grades pre-K to 12. (Wikimedia Commons is owned and hosted by the California-based Wikimedia Foundation.)
"I think a lot of teachers and education technologists responsible for the filters at public schools don't realize how much and what level of pornography there is in the system. I"m quite sure that if they knew there were pages devoted to pedophilia, it might make them think twice about giving students unrestricted access in schools."
Wikimedia's general counsel did not respond to a request for comment. An e-mail sent to the foundation's press contact was not returned....
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