Wikipedia blocks page about ANI’s defamation complaint against it on Delhi HC orders
The High Court subsequently dismissed the news agency’s contempt plea against the US-based Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the online encyclopaedia.
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The Wikimedia Foundation, the United States-based non-profit that runs Wikipedia, has “suspended access” to a page on the online encyclopaedia about a defamation case filed against it by Asian News International.
This came after the Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered Wikipedia to take down the webpage, titled Asian News International vs Wikimedia Foundation.
Wikipedia is a free online collaborative encyclopaedia edited by volunteers.
The Wikipedia page about ANI says that the news agency has been criticised for serving as a “propaganda tool” for the current Union government.
The High Court has been hearing a defamation case by ANI seeking that the description be removed. The court has also asked Wikipedia to identify the editors of the page about ANI, which the platform has refused to do.
After Wikipedia suspended access to the page about the case’s proceedings, the High Court dismissed the news agency’s contempt plea against the platform.
The defamation proceedings will be heard again on October 29.
Wikipedia’s lawyers concluded their arguments on Monday as to why the identities of the users who have made edits to the ANI’s page should not be revealed.
On October 14, the High Court said it was “extremely disturbing” that Wikipedia thinks it is beyond the ambit of law.
The court’s remark came in response to Wikipedia’s refusal to identify the editors of the page. “The...
