[Foundation-l] 86% of german users disagree with the introduction of the personal image filter

[Andre Engels]

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 3:49 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com
> wrote:


> Wikimedia *used* to hold the position that we wouldn't aid China to block
> images of the Tianamen Massacre, and went to great lengths to assure
> that chinese users of Wikipedia could evade blocks to viewing. I am not
> sure you are on a right track with regards to our traditions and values
> here.
>

There's a big difference between the two in that the Chinese case was about
people wanting to decide what _others_ could see, the filter is about people
wanting to decide what _they themselves_ would see.

-- 
André Engels, andreengels at gmail.com