Wikipedia blocked in Turkey

The Turkey Blocks monitoring network has verified restrictions affecting the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia in Turkey. A block affecting all language editions of the website detected at 8:00AM local time Saturday 29 April, 2017. The loss of availability is consistent with internet filters used to censor content in the country.

 

Country: Global

Domains: IG

Stakeholder: Government

Tags: censorship, Wikipedia, Turkey, Internet filtering

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2017

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