Censorship of Wikipedia

Wikipedia has been censored by governments including (but not limited to): Belarus, China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Uzbekistan, the United Kingdom and Venezuela.

In some instances, there is widespread Internet censorship in general that includes Wikipedia content. Other measures prevent the viewing of specific content deemed offensive. Blocks are one of the tools that have been used to censor Wikipedia as well as targeting editors directly and making edits to articles themselves.

Governments were able to block access to individual articles until June 2015, when Wikipedia transitioned to HTTPS, forcing censors to choose whether to block the entire site.

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