On 10/10/2007, Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)wikia.com>
wrote:
In honor of David's concerns, I have decided
to make the title of my own
talk at Wikimania 2008 "Free knowledge and human rights" and I will use
this opportunity to speak out against censorship and other violations of
human rights around the world, including examples from Egypt.
--Jimbo
I'm not sure that's wise, Jimbo, unless you've already checked with
the Egyptian authorities and gotten their approval for it. Egypt have
apparently this year arrested quite a few journalists in Egypt
investigating stories about violations of human rights in Egypt. For
your own personal safety, I suggest you don't do this.
I honestly doubt the Egyptian authorities are that dumb. :)
Being named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the
world was somewhat silly... obviously I am no such thing. But it does
provide a certain immunity against random arrest that non-famous local
bloggers unfortunately do not enjoy.
--Jimbo