Wikipedia says it may not be accessible in India if government pushes through new internet rules

In an interview with Business, Wikimedia Foundation spoke about its issues with the internet intermediary liability rule. The proposed rules which will make way for automated censorship would ‘severely disrupt’ the ability of Wikipedia to operate in India. India is one of Wikipedia’s leadership markets. In November 2019, Indians visited Wikipedia over 771 million times which is its fifth highest number of views.India is in the middle of implementing multiple changes in the way data companies work in India. From the data privacy bill to the internet intermediary liability rules, has gotten internet companies worried that it will stifle their way of functioning. For Wikimedia foundation, which runs Wikipedia, the new rules might mean projecting different content for different countries – something

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