The Italian Wikipedia website went dark this week as a protest against DDL intercettazioni, an anti-wiretapping bill being proposed in Italy’s Parliament. The bill’s most contentious section is paragraph 29, which stipulates that, should any blogger publish information deemed to be defamatory — deemed to be so not by a process of judicial review, but simply by the subject of the alleged defamation — then the blogger will be forced to print a correction within 48 hours of publishing the offending entry. Or else pay a fine of €12,000 (nearly $16,000).

Arbitrary/reckless/dangerous/ridiculous/a further blow to press freedom in Italy — insert your preferred objection here.