Sources: Wikipedia
In a report by "The Intercept", leaked documents reveal that the United States Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have conducted extensive efforts to influence big tech platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, Microsoft, and Wikipedia in order to censor online information or posts considered by the U.S. government to be disinformation. 2022-11-1
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
All editions of Wikipedia are blocked in Venezuela by state-owned CANTV amid an ongoing political crisis. 2019-01-12
Wikipedia concludes a large-scale operation blocking hundreds of users centered on networks of for-pay edits violating the encyclopedia's guidelines. 2015-09-1
The Wikimedia Foundation and eight other organisations file a lawsuit in the state of Maryland, US against the National Security Agency and the United States Department of Justice regarding the NSA's mass surveillance program. The Wikimedia Foundation is the owner and parent company of Wikipedia. 2015-03-10
Edits to Wikipedia made via computers within the United States Congress are blocked for ten days after a series of disruptive edits on pages created by congressional staff members. 2014-07-25
An entry on the documentary film "Fuck" causes offence after the Wikipedia website features it prominently on its home page. 2014-03-1
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