On Trans Issues, Wikipedia is a Bulwark Against Disinformation - eviltoast

In the wake of the anti-trans legislation by the Trump Administration, Wikipedia stands as a reliable source for information on trans topics.

  • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    Couldn’t they ban it from America? Like obv it doesn’t collect data in the way tiktok does so they wouldn’t have any sort of case, but I feel like they’d try to find something anyway.

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      26 days ago

      Maybe?

      It’s relatively easy to tell an American company not to provide a product, like they did with Google/Apple and TikTok.

      De-listing a website on a national level is considerably more difficult, especially without something equivalent to China’s Firewall.

      It’s why Pirate Bay still exists.

    • megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      26 days ago

      That would require an act of congress, which, while not impossible, is very unlikely given the current situation. some congressional republicans are pissed at him right now, and they have an extremely slim majority, so any defections on such a vote would prevent it from passing.