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Reports · March 3, 2020

Wikipedia Farsi blocked in Iran as coronavirus fears spread

Network data from the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Iran has blocked access to the Farsi (Persian) language edition of the Wikipedia online encylopedia as of Monday, 2 March 2020. …

Reports · January 15, 2020

Turkey restores access to Wikipedia after 991 days

Network data from the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Turkey has fully restored access to the Wikipedia online encyclopedia as of 15 January 2020, exactly 991 days after the popular …

Reports · September 6, 2019

Wikipedia disrupted globally in apparent denial of service attack

Network data show that Wikipedia servers have become intermittently unavailable as of approximately 6:00 p.m. UTC Friday 6 September 2019. Measurements show the disruptions are not related to filtering and …

Reports · May 15, 2019

Wikipedia outage with international impact detected

Network data shows that Wikipedia servers have become temporarily unavailable internationally as of 12:25 p.m. UTC. Measurements suggest the outage is caused by technical issues and not related to blocking. …

Reports · January 12, 2019

Wikipedia blocked in Venezuela as internet controls tighten

The NetBlocks internet observatory has collected technical evidence of the blocking all editions of Wikipedia in Venezuela as of 12 January 2019. The restrictions are implemented by the largest telecommunications provider …

News · May 30, 2018

Wikimedia Norge and NetBlocks announce collaboration on global access to knowledge

OSLO – Wikimedia Norge, the Norway chapter of the organisation that supports Wikipedia, and digital rights group NetBlocks have today announced their partnership to boost access to knowledge in the …

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