Wikipedia is arguably the greatest source of information on the internet, since it acts as a compendium of crowd sourced knowledge that is well edited which makes it quite reliable from an academic point of view. Given its status as an objective resource of information, the online encyclopedia will certainly contain content that certain religious groups might find objectionable.
With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that the government of Pakistan has threatened to ban Wikipedia if the online platform does not remove supposed “sacrilegious content” from its servers. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has already moved to “degrade” Wikipedia in the country for a period of 48 hours, and a permanent ban might ensue if the supposedly objectionable content is not removed.
While the Pakistani authorities have not yet defined what specific sacrilegious content it has objecting to, it wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine that a ban could come into effect rather quickly. Pakistan has a long history of banning popular platforms out of a concern regarding the content that they are bringing to the table, and it is by no means alone in the region in that respect.
Given the intentional failure on part of the platform to comply with the directions of PTA, the services of Wikipedia have been degraded for 48 hours with the direction to block/remove the reported contents.
— PTA (@PTAofficialpk) February 1, 2023
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