Monthly Archives: March 2020

The indexing of WikiMANNia as a disguised act of censorship

Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons

In an act of state censorship under the guise of “protection of minors”, “de.wikimannia.org” was indexed as “harmful to minors” by the Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Young Persons on 9 January 2020.

The protection of minors is only a weak camouflage for this state censorship. The application for indexation hardly mentions content harmful to minors, but all the more moral indignation is expressed. The socially critical content of WikiMANNia is reinterpreted as discrimination:

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The indexing of WikiMANNia – The refutation of the indexing request

Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons

 

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Footnotes:

  1. Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons – Decision No. 6300 of 09.01.2020

Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons – Decision No. 6300 of 09.01.2020

Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons

Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons

Pr. 0955/2019


Decision No. 6300 of 09.01.2020

Applicant:
[not named][1]
Parties to the proceedings:
Koc Ofis Hizmetleri Holding[2]
(not deliverable)

The Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Young Persons, in its

744th meeting on 9 January 2020

which was attended by:

From the Review Board:
Chairperson [not named]

as assessors of the group:
Art [not named]
Literature [not named]
Book trade and publishers [not named]
Providers of image media and telemedia [not named]
Voluntary youth welfare organisations [not named]
Public youth welfare organisations Teachers [not named]
Churches, Jewish religious communities [not named]
and other religious communities [not named]

State assessors:
Baden-Württemberg [not named]
Berlin [not named]
Brandenburg [not named]

Protokollführer: [not named]

On behalf of the applicant: [not named]
For the parties to the proceedings: [not named]
decided:

Rochusstraße 10. 53123 Bonn. Telephone: 0228/99962103-10
Postfach 14 01 65. 53056 Bonn. Telefax: 0228/379014

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The Internet offering

http://de.wikimannia.org

is entered in Part C of the List of Media Harmful to Young Persons.

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