Wikipedia has filed an appeal against a Moscow lower court's decision that ordered the website to take down "prohibited" information about the war in Ukraine.
The Russian court initially issued Wikimedia a fine of 5 million rubles ($88,000) for refusing to remove what it called "untrue socially important information" from Russian-language Wikipedia pages, according to Russian media.
According to news agency TASS, Russian prosecutors called the website a tool for "non-stopping information attacks" on Russia and unfair anti-Russian sentiment,
Wikimedia said that some of the articles the court took issue with include "Massacre in Bucha," "The Russian Invasion of Ukraine," and "Battle for Kyiv," all of which the organization said contained "fact-based knowledge."
Russia's demands come after President Vladimir Putin signed new "disinformation" laws in March that allow authorities to punish anyone who shares what it deems as false information about the war with up to 15 years in prison or fines of up to 5 million rubles, which was equivalent to about $44,000 at the time.
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