Statement by the Internet Watch Foundation: http://www.iwf.org.uk/media/news.250.htm
Statement by the Wikimedia Foundation: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Censorship_of_WP_in_the_UK_Dec_2008 (and Q&A )
Mainstream Press Coverage:
Associated Press – Wikipedia article blocked in UK over child photo
The Guardian – ww.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/08/wikipedia-censorship Wikipedia falls foul of British censors and Wikipedia page censored in the UK for 'child pornography'
BBC News Website – Wikipedia child image censored
Daily Mail – Wikipedia rock band article blocked over 'child porn photo'
BBC Radio 4's Today – http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7770000/7770832.stm , includes short interview between Sarah Robertson of the IWF, and David Gerard from Wikipedia (transcript )
Blic (Serbia) – http://www.blic.rs/svet.php?id=69041
Libération (France) – Wikipedia, victime collatérale du filtrage d’Internet
Heise online (Germany) – Britische Provider sperren Wikipedia-Artikel
Independent – Wikipedia article blocked in UK over child photo
International Herald Tribune – Wikipedia article blocked in UK over child photo
Chicago Tribune (USA) – Wikipedia article blocked in UK over child pornography concerns, affecting site performance
Fox News (USA) – Wikipedia article blocked in UK over child photo
USA Today – Wikipedia article blocked in U.K. for nude photo of a girl
Sky News (UK) – Wikipedia Ban Over Naked Girl Pic
Hamburger Arbendblatt (Germany) – Briten sperren Wikipedia-Artikel
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) – Wikipedia added to child pornography blacklist
El Pais (Spain) – Las operadoras británicas censuran un desnudo infantil en Wikipedia
Telegraph – Wikipedia page on rock band the Scorpions blocked over child pornography concerns
Corriere della sera (Italy) – Wikipedia censura la copertina degli Scorpions
Metro – Net nannies break Wikipedia in album cover kerfuffle
Web coverage:
Slashdot – http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/07/1253228
BBC Blog – Wikipedia is censored
WikiNews – British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations
ZDnet – UK ISPs switch on mass Wikipedia censorship
The Register – Brit ISPs censor Wikipedia over 'child porn' album cover
ISP Review – Six UK ISPs Restrict Wikipedia Access Following Child Porn Blacklist
Focus (Germany) – Kinderpornografie: Britische Provider filtern Wikipedia wegen Scorpions-Cover
Salon – Wikipedia article blocked in UK over child photo
Netscape News – Wikipedia article blocked in UK over child photo
CNet Taiwan – UK ISPs Blocked Wikipedia
BoingBoing – How the Great Firewall of Britain works
Guido Fawkes – So It Begins : UK Authorities Censor Wikipedia
Computerworld – Wikipedia article censored in UK for the first time
Computer Weekly – UK Wikipedia users unhappy over Scorpions page block
IT Pro – ISPs censor Wikipedia over child porn pic
Digi (Norway) – Sensur av Wikipedia vekker oppsikt
Techno (France) – Royaume-Uni: censure d'un article de Wikipedia
Web DE (Germany) – Britische Provider sperren Wikipedia wegen Kinderpornografie-Verdacht
Open Rights Group – IWF censors Wikipedia, chaos ensues
Information Week – Wikipedia Censored In U.K. Over Nude Girl
Out Law – /> Why the IWF was right to ban a Wikipedia page
Many bloggers are also commenting about the recent events as well as users of Twitter
The article concerned:
Route 1 – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Killer (filtered route)
Route 2 – http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Killer
Route 3 – <a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Virgin_Killer" class="external">https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Virgin_Killer</a>
Google's Cached copy – snapshot of the page as it appeared on 8 Dec 2008 09:53:44 GMT
Demon Internet block message – Access Denied (403)
Purchasing options:
Amazon.com – image , image and image (Images deleted at approx. 2008-12-08 17:30)
HMV
Zavvi display a message in place of the cover that you must be over 18 to view it and to click if you are. Clicking that you are over 18 results in the whole page disappearing, to be replaced by "Sorry. We can't find the page you are looking for."
Play.com
Cartoon by Channel 4:
