Ban on Wikipedia in Turkey for nearly three years has ended after freedom of expression ruling from country’s Constitutional Court
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Wikipedia Website Knocked Offline By DDoS Attack
Outage for Wikipedia website last week after DDoS attack on the online encyclopaedia
Tales In Tech History: Microsoft Encarta
Microsoft Encarta started life as a CD-ROM based digital multimedia encyclopedia, but the Web eventually led to its demise
Wikipedia Encryption ‘Has Decreased Censorship’ Thanks To HTTPS
Wikipedia’s move to encrypt the entire site has led countries to take a more hands-off approach with regard to censorship, a Harvard study finds
Google Fights Fake News With Feedback Tools In Search
Users will now be able to flag offensive, harmful and misleading Google Search results
Wikipedia Brings In AI Editor
Wikipedia entries to face scrutiny from artificial intelligence tool in order to ease editor workload
Jimmy Wales: Good Luck Trying To Stop Wikipedia Doing What It Wants
Wikipedia’s co-founder says ECJ’s dismissal of the safe harbour agreement won’t impact his company, but will be a nightmare for Facebook
Jimmy Wales: Get Encrypted, Or Face The Consequences
Wikipedia founder calls for better security for everyone, and an end to censorship
Jimmy Wales: London Is Better For Tech Than ‘Dreadful’ Silicon Valley
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales says London’s cultural assets make it a better place to live than Silicon Valley but wants capital to have a tech commnity
Wikimedia Foundation Sues NSA Over Internet Surveillance
The operator of Wikipedia said it hopes to rein in the NSA’s mass Internet surveillance operations
Wikipedia Entry Faces Google ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Removal
Are Google’s worst fears about “right to be forgotten” requests coming to fruition, with Wikipedia entry removal?
Is Crimea Part Of Russia? Internet Companies Offer Conflicting Answers
Yandex says ‘yes’, Facebook and VKontakte say ‘no’, Wikipedia changes its mind
Wikipedia Bans 250 Users Paid For Edits
Wikipedia infuriated by mass sockpuppetry
Wikipedia Crew Plotting Anti-NSA Snooping Security Boost
Wikimedia Foundation says it appears to have been “specifically targeted by XKeyscore” NSA surveillance tool
Cash For Posts Scandal Whacks Wikipedia
The world’s favourite online encyclopaedia loses its innocence
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Is Ready To Fight Snooper’s Charter
Wikipedia could encrypt all connections to the UK
Wikipedia Outage Caused By Cut Cable
Wikipedia is wondering why its network provider’s resiliency measures didn’t work
Jimmy Wales Calls On Government To Halt O’Dwyer Extradition
The Wikipedia founder backs the fight against Richard O’Dwyer’s extradition with a petition
Monmouth Transformed Into ‘Wikipedia Town’
A small market town in Wales has been transformed into a so called ‘Wikipedia Town’
Wikipedia Warns On Browser Malware
Wikipedia says it doesn’t run ads from for-profit firms so those seeing them are likely to be infected with malware
Jimmy Wales Backs Government Scheme To Free Academic Research
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales will help get government-backed research freely available online
Jimmy Wales To Become UK Government Transparency Tsar
Wikipedia founder will advise the government on transparency and crowdsourcing
‘Wikapedia’ And ‘Twtter’ Typosquatters Fined £100,000 Each
UK watchdog PhonepayPlus fines two companies promoting competitions on misspelled domain names
Orange promises free Wikipedia in Africa and the Middle East
Orange is offering Wikipedia access free to its network customers in the Middle East and Africa. The deal with Wikimedia Foundation will let Orange mobile customers look at the free online encyclopedia with zero data charges in 20 countries. Developing countries get Wikipedia access Orange has been working with Wikipedia since 2009 “to expand the
Wikipedia Reveals Official Android App
Wikipedia has quietly launched a free Android app that allows users to read, share and search for articles
Wikipedia 24-Hour Blackout Protests Anti-Piracy Laws
Wikipedia and others have shut down their Websites in protest against US anti-piracy legislation
Wikipedia Blackout To Go Ahead Despite SOPA Pullout
Wikipedia and other high-profile websites will shut down for 24 hours in protest against ‘devastating’ anti-piracy bills, while Twitter’s CEO has called the action ‘foolish’
Wikipedia Could Temporarily Shutdown In SOPA Protest
Wikipedia could shut down to put pressure on congress not to pass SOPA
Google Co-Founder Brin Keeps Wikipedia Afloat
Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his wife, Anne Wojcicki, have given £320,000 to support Wikipedia
UK Tech Startups Pitch To Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales
Startups will pitch to Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales for a shot at a cash investment in London later this year