fr.m.wikipedia.org is blocked

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  • greubeuld
    March 28, 2020 at 4:37 pm

    fr.m.wikipedia.org is blocked

    strangely m.wikipedia.org is working and en.m.wikipedia.org as well

     

    can you please unblock it as it is used by default by iOS in France ?

    thank you very much

    donnaj03232
    March 28, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    This domain, en.wikipedia.org may contain images and videos that show nudity and sexual content. It will be blocked as soon as possible. Thank you.

     

    Peter
    March 28, 2020 at 8:00 pm

    Blocking Wikipedia, isn’t that overblocking?

    greubeuld
    March 28, 2020 at 8:41 pm

    Hello

    I don’t think Wikipedia should be blocked. I actually want fr.m.wikipedia.org to be unblocked.

    blocking Wikipedia would definitely be over locking and I suspect many people would be inconvenienced.
    i know I would consider using another another service if Wikipedia was to be blocked.

    Wikipedia is an educational tool with a well established reputation

     

    omcblecenc
    March 29, 2020 at 8:50 am

    I came to post about the same issue as I have noticed recently that I could not access French Wikipedia on my mobile.Articles that deal with sexual matters may contain explicit pictures (that are usually drawings and rarely photos) but that is a really tiny fraction of the website.

    Unlike Reddit, nobody uses Wikipedia to search for porn content, so it cannot even be considered as a mixed-content website.

    Plus why would the French mobile version be blocked and not the desktop version, nor all the other versions in other languages ?

    Being too restrictive can defeat the whole purpose of CleanBrowsing, just like I wanted to use the Family FIlter but it would not let me watch historical documentaries on Youtube so I fell back to Adult Filter with a less safe environnment.

    Peter
    March 29, 2020 at 11:13 am

    Totally agree with you, I would also switch to another service if Wikipedia is blocked …
    Of course there are pages that are not suitable for children. But I think Wikipedia’s content is more focused on informing about these topics than presenting it in an attention grabbing manner (that may disturb younger audiences).

    greubeuld
    March 29, 2020 at 12:21 pm

    I wholeheartedly agree with the above comments. Wikipedia is an educational tool regarding all matters, including sexuality.

    Additionally : over blocking everything touching the subject of sexuality would defeat the purpose of creating a family safe environment as it would reinforce the drive of our children to find workarounds should they want to.

    To be complete on the issue :

    Only the mobile french version is blocked. The desktop french version is not.

    Daniel Cid
    March 29, 2020 at 10:54 pm

    Sorry about that. Getting it fixed on our update later today. The FR version got classified as adult incorrectly.

    greubeuld
    March 30, 2020 at 6:22 am

    Thank you very much Daniel !

    Cheers

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