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: After ‘Khalistan’ added to cricketer Arshdeep Singh’s page, Wikipedia restricts edits on the article #IndiaNEWS Wikipedia has restricted the rights to edit the page of Indian cricketer Arshdeep

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After ‘Khalistan’ added to cricketer Arshdeep Singh’s page, Wikipedia restricts edits on the article #IndiaNEWS
Wikipedia has restricted the rights to edit the page of Indian cricketer Arshdeep Singh a day after references to the separatist Khalistani movement were added to it, Reuters reported.The wrongful edits were removed “within minutesâ€? and editing access to the article has been restricted to “trusted usersâ€? to restrict vandalism on the page, a spokesperson for Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the online encyclopedia, said in a statement. India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has also taken up the matter with Wikipedia, the statement added.Singh, a 23-year old left-arm fast bowler, has been exposed to several hateful messages on social media for dropping a catch during the India-Pakistan cricket match in Dubai on Sunday. Pakistan defeated India by five wickets. Wikipedia responds: says the wrongful edits on Arshdeeps page were "removed within minutes" by Wikipedias volunteer community, and editing access to the article was restricted to trusted users. t.co/5aKOdiXU4c pic.twitter.com/lEiBT7STdY— Munsif Vengattil (@MunsifV) September 5, 2022 Earlier on Monday, Union minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar said on Monday that such online activity violated the government’s expectations of safe and trusted information.“No intermediary operating in India can permit this type of misinformation and deliberate efforts to incitement and #userharm ,â€? the minister of state for electronics and information technology wrote in a tweet on Monday.He also posted...Read more


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