IWF backs down on Wiki censorship
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The online watchdog, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), has withdrawn its objection to a Wikipedia page that contained an image of a naked girl.
The page of the online encyclopaedia shows an album cover of German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1976.
A number of internet providers blocked the page after IWF said it could be "potential illegal child sexual abuse."
The IWF now says that given the age and availability of the image, it was no longer on its list of proscribed sites.
The page of the online encyclopaedia shows an album cover of German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1976.
A number of internet providers blocked the page after IWF said it could be "potential illegal child sexual abuse."
The IWF now says that given the age and availability of the image, it was no longer on its list of proscribed sites.
