{"id":25968,"date":"2019-05-15T20:26:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/?p=25968"},"modified":"2020-02-26T12:07:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T09:07:32","slug":"vikipediya-stala-nedostupna-v-podnebesnoj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/2019\/05\/15\/vikipediya-stala-nedostupna-v-podnebesnoj\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikipedia became unavailable in the Middle Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time<\/span> 4<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Now China blocks<\/a> access to Wikipedia, although previously only Chinese-language online encyclopedia publications were censored. The blocking began last month, according to an online monitoring service that runs under the Tor<\/a> project. Attempting to access any Wikipedia page from a country, regardless of language, produces a connection error.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In April, Wikipedia joined to thousands of websites blocked in China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A separate group on the control of censorship Greatfire.org reported that China has blocked access to Wikipedia since April 22. Local users of Chinese network platforms also confirm limited access to the site.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is not clear why the Chinese government blocked sites. But observers suggest the restriction may be due to the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre (June 4, 1989). The government has banned all discussions on this event. The block may be temporary. A similar situation: in January, China, without informing, blocked<\/a>, and then unlocked the Microsoft Bing search engine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the years, the country selectively blocked some Wikipedia pages that criticized its communist government. However, in 2015, China began blocking access to Mandarin-language Wikipedia pages after the encyclopedia website switched to HTTPS encryption to protect users from unauthorized monitoring.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attempting to access a Wikipedia page from a country, regardless of language, causes a connection error<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last month, the Wikimedia Foundation confirmed<\/a> the blocking and reported that Wikipedia is not available in China. In addition, Wikimedia added that it did not receive notification of government plans. Previously, only the Chinese version of the site was banned in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith the expansion of this block, millions of readers and volunteer editors, writers, academics, and researchers within China cannot access this resource or share their knowledge and achievements with the world. When one country, region, or culture cannot join the global conversation on Wikipedia, the entire world is poorer, \u201d the group added.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Wikipedia has been censored in other countries, including repression in Turkey and Venezuela (Photo: TWITTER \/ BALKANS123)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The encyclopedia edited by the community is periodically blocked by authorities around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2017, the site was blocked<\/a> in Turkey, and this year it was periodically blocked in Venezuela.<\/span><\/p>\n

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