Wikipedia page blocked over image of naked child.

08 Dec 2008

A Wikipedia page showing an image of an album cover by German heavy metal band The Scorpions has been blocked following allegations of potential illegality.

The Internet Watch Foundation has said the image, which shows a naked pre-pubescent girl, could be illegal under present British law, leading many Internet Service Providers to block the page.

A spokesman for Wikipedia accused the IWF of experimenting to see who they could ‘get away with blocking’, pointing out that this album cover is available for purchase, and the image is still hosted on many other websites, including Amazon.

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  1. Virgin Killer

    December 9, 2008 at 19:14

    Blind Faith of zealots

    The design clearly tried to provoke the establishment and it is not a design I would use, but contrary the image has not been blocked. It is accesible via Wikipedia at http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Virgin_Killer.jpg and thousands of other places on the net. Note that only the article discussing this vintage album cover sleeve was blocked by the Blind Faith Zealots from Cambridge (UK), home of puritans.

    Blocking this image runs contrary to the freedom of information we expect from the Internet. People who find this image to disturbing should grow up or not look at it. I don’t think that this childish action by the IWF has any impact on Paedophiles and other perverts.

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