Beijing blocks Wikipedia

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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 ...

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.