The Italian version of Wikipedia has closed in protest at a plan to introduce a gagging law widely seen an attempt to spare the Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, further embarrassment following the publication of his wiretapped conversations in the media.The proposals would oblige websites to change content within 48 hours if people or organisations they mentioned complained of errors or defamation. Even centre-right politician Giulia Bongiorno, who was responsible for carrying the law though parliament, disowned it after Mr Berlusconi’s PDL party succeeded in adding an amendment that would see journalists jailed for between six months and three years if they published wiretaps deemed “irrelevant”.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/wikipedia-closes-in-italy-after-berlusconi-gagging-bid-2366795.html