Wikipedia in Large Bother in Republic of India, Govt Problems Understand Over Partial, Editorial Keep an Eye on Considerations

The central government has given notice to Wikipedia, popular worldwide as online encyclopedia, about ‘biased and wrong’ content. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has asked Wikipedia why it should be considered as a publisher, but should be considered intermediate.

A case was filed in the Delhi High Court in which Wikipedia has been accused of taking favor of users who added defamation edits to the Asian News International (ANI) page. According to a media report, the notice given by the ministry has expressed concern over the matters of bias and misinformation on the website of Wikipedia. In this notice, the editorial control of this website is also questioned by some persons. The ministry has also asked Wikipedia why it should not be considered a publisher instead of an intermediate.

Wikipedia says he is not a publisher because he works on a voluntary system in which users make and edit pages on various subjects. Recently, the Delhi High Court described this open system of this editing as dangerous. After this, this notice has been issued by the ministry. Page about the news agency ANI on Wikipedia was described as the government’s ‘Propaganda Tool’. A case was filed in the court regarding this. The court had said that due to lack of controlled arrangements for editing on this website, information can be added to the pages of public personalities and entities.

Despite the court order, Wikipedia allegedly denied the identity of users who edited the page. In the last few weeks, the government had also taken a strict attitude over false threats of placing bombs in aircraft. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued an advisory to claim the responsibility of intermediates including social media companies to rein in the false threats of the bombs received by various airlines. The advisory said that social media intermediates should follow the IT Act, IT (Intermediate Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules and Indian Justice Code (BNS), 2023. Social media platforms need to be removed immediately to maintain security and public order. Airlines are threatened with malicious work safety and public order.