More on Clean Feed. Because of the Internet Watch Foundation blacklisting, British internet service providers are currently redirecting Wikipedia traffic to a proxy server.
The technical architecture of the British censorship filter directs all traffic to "suspicious IPs" through a proxy server, so now all wikipedia traffic from the UK is being proxied, which breaks Wikipedia's twit filters. When British editors log in via that proxy server, Wikipedia’s systems cannot verify their unique IP addresses, and is blocking most access to British editors because it cannot adequately verify them.
Um, passwords?
The censors have put out a press release defending their actions. "As with all child sexual abuse reports received by our hotline analysts, the image was assessed according to the U.K. Sentencing Guidelines Council. The content was considered to be a potentially illegal indecent image of a child under the age of 18," the IWF said in a statement.
Apparently they also called the British police, and "international partners" who presumably include American entities, who might have also informed American police, which begs the question: Will U.S. Law Enforcement raid Wikipedia? Will they go through the logs and raid everyone who has viewed this Wikipedia page? "Do we need to worry the police will come and confiscate our record collections?" asked David Gerard, a Wikipedia editor in London.
Good question! Think it can't happen? Guess what? It gets worse. Way worse. In a WND poll related to the story, the No. 1 response, at more than 47 percent, had readers saying Wikipedia is clearly violating U.S. obscenity laws and should face prosecution.
Oh, and BTW, its not just the picture that was banned: Wikipedia declined to remove the album cover. "We are particularly displeased that the IWF chose to censor not solely the image, but also the explanatory article text which described and contextualized the controversy surrounding the image, in a neutral and educational fashion," the foundation said in a statement.
Wikipedia Blocks British Editors Amid Censorship Flap | Threat Level from Wired.com | 
