<ul><li>The Delhi High Court (HC) has issued interim directions to Wikipedia to take down alleged “defamatory statements” made against news agency ANI on the online encyclopedia.</li><li>The petition accused Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia’s parent, of allowing defamatory “edits” on ANI’s pages, including references that the news agency acted as a “propaganda tool” for the Centre.</li><li>The HC took strong objection to Wikipedia’s conduct and issued a notice for contempt of court. However, Wikipedia quickly moved a division bench of the HC to appeal against this.</li><li>Last month, Maharashtra Cyber Cell registered a case against four Wikipedia editors for not taking down ‘objectionable’ content on Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj on the platform.</li></ul>

Delhi HC Directs Wikipedia To Take Down Defamatory Content Against ANI

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