Wikipedia

Wikileaks Founder Says X (Twitter) ‘Overrun By Trolls, Lunatics’

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales says “a lot of thoughtful and serious people are fleeing Twitter” since Elon Musk takeover of platform

1 year ago

Tech Executives Face Prison For Online Safety Breaches

UK Government reaches agreement with Conservative MPs who had sought to amend the controversial Online Safety Bill

2 years ago

Wikimedia Denies ‘Infiltration’ By Saudi Spies

Wikimedia Foundation denies Wikipedia was infiltrated by Saudi agents after report by Middle East human rights groups

2 years ago

Russia Threatens Wikipedia With Fines Over ‘False Information’

Despite global outrage at evidence of Russian war crimes in Bucha, Wikipedia is warned to remove 'false' information about Ukraine…

3 years ago

Wikipedia Bans Seven Chinese Users Citing ‘Infiltration’

Wikimedia Foundation bans seven users in China for 'infiltration of Wikimedia systems' that has resulted in 'physical harm' of users

3 years ago

Turkey Lifts Wikipedia Ban After Nearly Three Years

Ban on Wikipedia in Turkey for nearly three years has ended after freedom of expression ruling from country's Constitutional Court

5 years ago

Wikipedia Website Knocked Offline By DDoS Attack

Outage for Wikipedia website last week after DDoS attack on the online encyclopaedia

5 years ago

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

7 years ago

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,…

7 years ago

Google Fights Fake News With Feedback Tools In Search

Users will now be able to flag offensive, harmful and misleading Google Search results

8 years ago

Wikipedia Brings In AI Editor

Wikipedia entries to face scrutiny from artificial intelligence tool in order to ease editor workload

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

Jimmy Wales: Get Encrypted, Or Face The Consequences

Wikipedia founder calls for better security for everyone, and an end to censorship

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

Wikimedia Foundation Sues NSA Over Internet Surveillance

The operator of Wikipedia said it hopes to rein in the NSA's mass Internet surveillance operations

10 years ago

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?

10 years ago

Is Crimea Part Of Russia? Internet Companies Offer Conflicting Answers

Yandex says 'yes', Facebook and VKontakte say 'no', Wikipedia changes its mind

11 years ago

Wikipedia Crew Plotting Anti-NSA Snooping Security Boost

Wikimedia Foundation says it appears to have been “specifically targeted by XKeyscore” NSA surveillance tool

11 years ago

Cash For Posts Scandal Whacks Wikipedia

The world’s favourite online encyclopaedia loses its innocence

12 years ago

Wikipedia Outage Caused By Cut Cable

Wikipedia is wondering why its network provider's resiliency measures didn't work

12 years ago

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

12 years ago

Monmouth Transformed Into ‘Wikipedia Town’

A small market town in Wales has been transformed into a so called 'Wikipedia Town'

13 years ago

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

13 years ago

Jimmy Wales Backs Government Scheme To Free Academic Research

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales will help get government-backed research freely available online

13 years ago

Jimmy Wales To Become UK Government Transparency Tsar

Wikipedia founder will advise the government on transparency and crowdsourcing

13 years ago

‘Wikapedia’ And ‘Twtter’ Typosquatters Fined £100,000 Each

UK watchdog PhonepayPlus fines two companies promoting competitions on misspelled domain names

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

Wikipedia Reveals Official Android App

Wikipedia has quietly launched a free Android app that allows users to read, share and search for articles

13 years ago