The editors of the Russian version of the encyclopedia say that the communications regulator has threatened to block the site. The number of Russian military casualties and the number of Ukrainian civilians and children are included in a notice from the Russian watchdog.
If the editors don't remove the information from the article, it will block all of Wikipedia in Russia. New and registered users are not able to modify the article in order to protect it from vandals.
The casualty estimates from the Ukrainian and Russian governments are included in the article. More than 120 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and more than 1,700 people have been wounded, according to claims from Ukraine. The country said that Russia had suffered over 5,000 military casualties. Two of Russia's soldiers and 200 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed.
Editors of the Russian site of the encyclopedia may add more sources for the information, but one told the website that they wouldn't respond to the threat if it weren't for the threat. Over the years, the site has been warned by the agency.
The invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the loss of life and has also been accompanied by information warfare online, according to the Wikimedia Foundation.
It added that it is working with affected communities to identify potential threats to information on Wikimedia projects, and supporting volunteer editors and administrators who serve as a first line of defense against manipulation of facts and knowledge.
Russian regulators have restricted access to social media sites since the beginning of the invasion. They want tech companies to remove restrictions on state media channels. In Europe, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube all blocked Sputnik. There are labels on Russian state media outlets.
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.@yandexcom is the largest technology company in Russia and the country's second-largest search engine.
The former head of its news division, Lev Gershenzon, just made this remarkable post on Facebook, addressed to his former colleagues. My translation. pic.twitter.com/AHzlOAJ34p
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