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'''Seth Finkelstein''' is a liberal [[journalist]], [[computer programmer]] and critic of [[Wikipedia]]. Finkelstein was awarded the "EFF Pioneer Award" by the [[liberal]] [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] for his reverse engineering of the software used by libraries and schools to prevent children from looking at pornography. Mr. Finkelstein is strongly against what he calls "censorware" since it is he believes that people use it to stop left wing causes.<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E0D9163AF93AA25754C0A9679C8B63 "Once you give censors free rein, they go after sex. They go after sex education. They go after feminism. They go after gay rights."</ref>. Mr. Finkelstein has also attempted to argue that the same "censorware" is being used by repressive governments like [[China]].<ref>http://axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show/id/12661</ref>
==Finkelstein and Wikipedia==
Finkelstein was dismayed when he found out that there was a [[Wikipedia]] article on him. Finkelstein did not want an article on him since it was frequently vandalized.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/sep/28/wikipedia.web20</ref> He had already criticized Wikipedia as unreliable. Finkelstein wrote about his experiences with Wikipedia. He had to go through multiple deletion debates before finally getting his article deleted.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Seth_Finkelstein_%282nd%29 </ref><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Seth_Finkelstein</ref>
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==Finkelstein and Wikipedia==
Finkelstein was dismayed when he found out that there was a [[Wikipedia]] article on him. Finkelstein did not want an article on him since it was frequently vandalized.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/sep/28/wikipedia.web20</ref> He had already criticized Wikipedia as unreliable. Finkelstein wrote about his experiences with Wikipedia. He had to go through multiple deletion debates before finally getting his article deleted.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Seth_Finkelstein_%282nd%29 </ref><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Seth_Finkelstein</ref>
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[[Category:Political people]]