Wikipedia Banned By Dutch Ministry Of Justice

Due to a block put in place by the Dutch Ministry of Justice, 30,000 people can’t use Wikipedia at work.  Yet, while it’s a bit startling to hear the development phrased like that, the move may not be entirely unreasonable.

“We’re doing this as a temporary measure while we investigate how much use - and misuse - our people make of Wikipedia, and what we can do about it,” explained Ministry spokesman Ivo Hommes.

“You’d think it should be OK for someone to update an entry on their favourite football star during lunch, but obviously we don’t want people doing things that are tasteless or worse during working hours,” he told the