[ NNSquad ] French homeland intelligence threatens a volunteer sysop to delete a Wikipedia Article

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

French homeland intelligence threatens a volunteer sysop to delete a
Wikipedia Article

http://j.mp/16C8Cxn  (Wikimedia France)

    "Unhappy with the Foundation's answer, the DCRI summoned a Wikipedia
     volunteer in their offices on April 4th. This volunteer, which was one
     of those having access to the tools that allow the deletion of pages,
     was forced to delete the article while in the DCRI offices, on the
     understanding that he would have been held in custody and prosecuted
     if he did not comply. Under pressure, he had no other choice than to
     delete the article, despite explaining to the DCRI this is not how
     Wikipedia works. He warned the other sysops that trying to undelete
     the article would engage their responsability before the law.  This
     volunteer had no link with that article, having never edited it and
     not even knowing of its existence before entering the DCRI offices. He
     was chosen and summoned because he was easily identifiable, given his
     regular promotional actions of Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects in
     France."

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The return of "Vichy France" mentalities, apparently.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
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