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This article includes various harsh criticism of this Act which are unsourced. Even if they are sourced, they would, in their current form, push a strong POV against this Act as there is a lack of an opposing viewpoint in support of the law. I have removed the following criticisms. Please note that
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on online platforms. Anyone wishing to assert legal claims against a user should be able to demand the surrender of data from which the identity of the claimant can be deduced. If "for example, a person or company feels offended or inappropriately criticized by a comment in an
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the burden to demonstrating verifiability lies with the editor who adds the material as per WP:PROVEIT. I believe these criticisms should not be restored until they are cited, and from the talk page, it seems they have been left as-is for over a year.
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I agree. The article clearly and obviously pushed a negative POV, and more worryingly, has large swathes of controversial but uncited claims. I think we should delete the unsourced criticism as it violates WP:NPOV.
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Could you please add sources? It's much more difficult for the average editor to find citations for your claims that you yourself. Without citations, these claims are unverified and should eventually be deleted.
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I've just translated it 1to1 from German. If you have time, please help me with adding the sources.--
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