Russia Clones Wikipedia, Censors It, Bans Original
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Ruviki is intended to be a more “trustworthy” source of information for Russians by editing out anything that makes the Russian government look bad.

What the hell?

Edit - Quoting @[email protected]

Wikipedia is not currently banned in Russia. But the Russian branch of Wikimedia as an organization is. Also, pretty much nobody in Russia uses Ruwiki, everyone keeps using Wikipedia.

That’s all not to say it isn’t a troubling development, though. But Russians are more likely to access Wikipedia through VPN than to rely on Ruwiki. The game’s not lost.

    • Tankton@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 months ago

      While some pretend that cannabis has “medicinal” benefits (see Medical marijuana), many scientists debunk that fiction and observe that there are numerous federally approved medicines for the diseases that “medicinal” marijuana has been used to treat.

      My university medical center who subscribes patients with cannabis oil for pain treatment: :o