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The Wikimedia Foundation was fined 2 million roubles ($27,000) by a Russian court on Tuesday after the authorities accused it of failing to delete “misinformation” about the Russian military from Wikipedia, the courts service said. From a report: Short… Continue reading Russian Fines Wikipedia Over Military ‘Misinformation’
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a bid by the operator of the popular Wikipedia internet encyclopedia to resurrect its lawsuit against the National Security Agency challenging mass online surveillance. From a report: Turning away the Wikimed… Continue reading Supreme Court Snubs Wikipedia Bid To Challenge NSA Surveillance
Pakistan has unblocked Wikipedia in the South Asian market, three days after the online encyclopedia was censored in the nation over noncompliance with removing what the local regulator deemed as “sacrilegious” content. From a report: Shehbaz Sharif, t… Continue reading Wikipedia Unblocked in Pakistan After Prime Minister’s Intervention
Pakistan has “degraded” Wikipedia in the country for 48 hours for not removing “sacrilegious contents” and warned of fully blocking the site if the online encyclopedia fails to comply with the directions. From a report: The Pakistan Telecommunication A… Continue reading Pakistan Degrades Wikipedia, Warns of Complete Block Over ‘Sacrilegious’ Content
The Wikipedia editors are waiting to hear you scream. On Wednesday, Wikipedia is set to make its new skin the default on English Wikipedia — its first new skin since 2010 — and the team of designers and volunteer editors are waiting with some mix of … Continue reading Wikipedia Has Spent Years on a Barely Noticeable Redesign
Wikipedia should be treated differently to the big social media firms in the Online Safety Bill, a leading member of its foundation says. From a report: The encyclopaedia is written and edited entirely by thousands of volunteers around the world. The W… Continue reading Wikipedia Criticises ‘Harsh’ New Online Safety Bill Plans
Saudi Arabia has infiltrated Wikipedia and jailed two administrators in a bid to control content on the website, weeks after a former Twitter worker was jailed in the US for spying for the Saudis. The Guardian reports: One administrator was jailed for … Continue reading Saudi Arabia Jails Two Wikipedia Staff In ‘Bid To Control Content’
An anonymous reader writes: Posing as a scholar, a Chinese woman spent years writing alternative accounts of medieval Russian history on Chinese Wikipedia, conjuring imaginary states, battles, and aristocrats in one of the largest hoaxes on the open-so… Continue reading A Bored Chinese Housewife Spent Years Falsifying Russian History On Wikipedia
In the latest salvo in Putin’s long running crackdown against the free encyclopedia, Russia’s president explained why his own experts are better sources of information. Continue reading Vladimir Putin Explains Why State Media Is Better Than Wikipedia
The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation (which operates Wikipedia) “announced that it would no longer accept cryptocurrency donations,” reports Mashable, saying the decision came after a three-month discussion period:
Wikimedia said it would close its acc… Continue reading It’s Official: Wikipedia Stops Accepting Donations in Cryptocurrency