Sources: Wikipedia
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif orders the ban on Wikipedia to be lifted, three days after the website was banned for alleged anti-Muslim and blasphemous content. 2023-02-6
Russian media censorship agency Roskomnadzor threatens to fine Wikipedia up to 4 million rubles (about US$49,000) if it does not delete information that contradicts the Kremlin's official narrative on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. 2022-03-31
The UK government launches an inquiry after the "Liverpool Echo" reported that Whitehall computers had been used to post offensive remarks about the Hillsborough disaster on Wikipedia pages relating to the topic. 2014-04-25
The Russian Wikipedia goes blank for 24 hours in a protest over legislation before the State Duma that would allow the creation of a unified digital blacklist of all websites containing banned content. [http:--en.rian.ru-society-20120710-174509543.html (RIA Novosti)] (Russian Wikipedia)2012-07-10
American billionaire Louis Bacon wins a judgement in the United Kingdom against Wikipedia, the "Denver Post" and WordPress about disclosure of identities of people who published allegedly defamatory comments although the judgement does not apply in the United States. 2011-05-9
The online encyclopedia Wikipedia celebrates the tenth anniversary of its founding. 2011-01-15
Microsoft Research and Wikipedia have joined forces to launch a beta version of a new multilingual content creation tool for Wikipedia named WikiBhasha. 2010-10-21
Following an Israeli-course on editing Wikipedia to further a national agenda, a Palestinian group initiates a plan to establish its view on the encyclopaedia.[http:--www.israelnationalnews.com-News-News.aspx-139189][http:--www.ynetnews.com-articles-0,7340,L-3944937,00.html]2010-08-31
Two Israeli groups launch a course in "Zionist editing" of the online encyclopedia project Wikipedia. 2010-08-18
The United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) posts a letter to the offices of online encyclopedia project Wikipedia, threatening fines and imprisonments over what it claims is the "particularly problematic" use of the agency's seal. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-technology-10851394 (BBC)] [http:--edition.cnn.com-2010-TECH-web-08-03-fbi.seal.wikipedia-index.html?eref=rss_topstories (CNN)] [http:--www.vanityfair.com-online-daily-2010-08-today-in-intelligence-the-fbi-picks-a-fight-with-wikipedia.html ("Vanity Fair")] (Wikipedia entry)2010-08-3