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Wikipedia in All Languages Is Now Banned in China
Wikipedia is now completely unaccessible in China.
The Wikimedia Foundation has confirmed that all language editions of Wikipedia have been blocked in mainland China since April 2020.
The move is unexpected to the Wikimedia Foundation, yet China has been actively blocking certain internet sites. For example, Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Turkey blocked access to Wikipedia since 2017.
The question we need to think about:
After implementing the new national security law, will HongKongers share the same fate as Mainland China, have our freedom on the internet blocked by the "Great Firewall"?
Are we still free to access foreign social media like Facebook and Twitter?
#China #BannedSocialMedia
#GreatFireWall
Source:
https://time.com/5589439/china-wikipedia-online-censorship/?amp=true&__twitter_impression=true
Wikipedia is now completely unaccessible in China.
The Wikimedia Foundation has confirmed that all language editions of Wikipedia have been blocked in mainland China since April 2020.
The move is unexpected to the Wikimedia Foundation, yet China has been actively blocking certain internet sites. For example, Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Turkey blocked access to Wikipedia since 2017.
The question we need to think about:
After implementing the new national security law, will HongKongers share the same fate as Mainland China, have our freedom on the internet blocked by the "Great Firewall"?
Are we still free to access foreign social media like Facebook and Twitter?
#China #BannedSocialMedia
#GreatFireWall
Source:
https://time.com/5589439/china-wikipedia-online-censorship/?amp=true&__twitter_impression=true
Time
Wikipedia Is Now Banned in China in All Languages
Wikipedia joins a growing list of websites that cannot be accessed in China