05-16-2019, 12:08 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48269608
All language editions of Wikipedia have been blocked in mainland China since April, the Wikimedia foundation has confirmed.
Internet censorship researchers found that Wikipedia had joined thousands of other websites which cannot be accessed in China.
The country had previously banned the Chinese language version of the site, but the block has now been expanded.
Wikimedia said it had received "no notice" of the move.
In a statement, the foundation said: "In late April, the Wikimedia Foundation determined that Wikipedia was no longer accessible in China. After closely analysing our internal traffic reports, we can confirm that Wikipedia is currently blocked across all language versions."
I have to admit, I was very surprised it wasn't blocked there! I don't know how many Chinese people would have been able to read the non-Chinese versions without assistance from a translation tool - but then, those are readily available.
Still, not a good move, even if I expect it'll be easy enough to get around.
All language editions of Wikipedia have been blocked in mainland China since April, the Wikimedia foundation has confirmed.
Internet censorship researchers found that Wikipedia had joined thousands of other websites which cannot be accessed in China.
The country had previously banned the Chinese language version of the site, but the block has now been expanded.
Wikimedia said it had received "no notice" of the move.
In a statement, the foundation said: "In late April, the Wikimedia Foundation determined that Wikipedia was no longer accessible in China. After closely analysing our internal traffic reports, we can confirm that Wikipedia is currently blocked across all language versions."
I have to admit, I was very surprised it wasn't blocked there! I don't know how many Chinese people would have been able to read the non-Chinese versions without assistance from a translation tool - but then, those are readily available.
Still, not a good move, even if I expect it'll be easy enough to get around.
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