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Retrieved 1 July 2024. Wikipedia, Facebook, Google, and other sites normally blocked in China. ^ abcdJun Mai (22 June 2018). "Chinese holiday island to unlock Facebook, Twitter for foreigners". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
On June 3, 2004, [4] Wikipedia was blocked in some cities in mainland China (such as Beijing), but Wiktionary was still available. On June 11, other Wikimedia projects were blocked. On June 17, the IP address block appeared to have been lifted, but the website was still inaccessible to some. On June 18, all of Wikipedia except the Chinese ...
As of April 2019, all versions of Wikipedia are blocked in mainland China under the Great Firewall. [8] [9] [10] The Chinese Wikipedia was launched in May 2001. [11] Wikipedia received positive coverage in China's state press in early 2004 but was blocked on 3 June 2004, ahead of the 15th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and ...
e. China censors both the publishing and viewing of online material. Many controversial events are censored from news coverage, preventing many Chinese citizens from knowing about the actions of their government, and severely restricting freedom of the press. [1] China's censorship includes the complete blockage of various websites, apps, and ...
At 16:13, September 13, 2021 GMT (00:13, September 14, 2021 Beijing Time), the Wikimedia Foundation globally banned seven accounts from editing Wikipedia, revoked the administrative rights of twelve accounts, and warned twelve other users. [1][2] Four of the top ten most active administrators on Chinese Wikipedia had their rights revoked.
The Great Firewall (GFW; simplified Chinese: 防火长城; traditional Chinese: 防火長城; pinyin: Fánghuǒ Chángchéng) is the combination of legislative actions and technologies enforced by the People's Republic of China to regulate the Internet domestically. [1] Its role in internet censorship in China is to block access to selected ...
The Chinese Wikipedia has been blocked in mainland China since May 2015. [2] Nonetheless, the Chinese Wikipedia is still one of the top ten most active versions of Wikipedia by number of edits and number of editors, due to contributions from users from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Chinese diaspora.
Censorship in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is mandated by the country's ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is one of the strictest censorship regimes in the world. [1] The government censors content for mainly political reasons, such as curtailing political opposition, and censoring events unfavorable to the CCP, such ...