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China Blocks All Versions of Wikipedia Ahead of Massacre Anniversary
2019-05-17


Wikipedia website confirming that all language versions of its online encyclopedia are now blocked to users behind China's Great Firewall, May 17, 2019.

Wikipedia has confirmed that all language versions of its online encyclopedia are now blocked to users behind China's Great Firewall.

"Access to Wikipedia has varied over the years with the Chinese language version being controlled more tightly than other versions," according to the Wikipedia page titled "Censorship of Wikipedia" said.

"As of April 2019, all versions of Wikipedia are blocked in China," it said.

The ruling Chinese Communist Party imposes tight control on what the country's 800 million internet users can do or see online, using a complex system of blocks, filters and human censorship known collectively as China's Great Firewall.

Read more at: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wikipedia-block-05172019145815.html

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Wikipedia, imperfect it is, does deserve credit for making this notice.
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