Publish date | 17 May 2019 |
Issue Number | 1782 |
Diary | Legalbrief eLaw |
Beijing has broadened its block of online encyclopedia Wikipedia to include all language editions, an Internet censorship research group reported just weeks ahead of China's most politically explosive anniversary. A report on the News24 site notes that the Open Observatory of Network Interference, the authorities started blocking all language editions of Wikipedia last month. Previously, most editions of Wikipedia – besides the Chinese language version, which was reportedly blocked in 2015 – were available. ‘At the end of the day, the content that really matters is Chinese-language content,’ said Charlie Smith, the pseudonym of one of the co-founders of Greatfire.org, which tracks online censorship in China.