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Court Orders Wikimedia to Remove Defamatory Content About India

Court Orders Wikimedia to Remove Defamatory Content About India

Introduction

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered the removal of allegedly defamatory content and description of news agency ANI Media Private Limited on its Wikipedia page. Justice Subramonium Prasad directed the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts the Wikipedia platform, to remove allegedly defamatory statements published against ANI on its Wikipedia page titled “Asian News International.

What Wikipedia says about ANI

On a page titled ‘Asian News International’, Wikipedia says it “has been criticised for having served as a propaganda tool for the incumbent central government, distributing materials from a vast network of fake news websites, and misreporting events.” GetMyIndia.com

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