In 2017, Reuters reported that China had boosted its censorship of films, blogs, and educational content. This is a nice way of saying that the Chinese government wants to know what you are viewing at all times. Yang Muzhi, head of the Book and Periodicals Distribution Association of China, reports that China is focusing on creating an encyclopedia that is best for its public and society. China has hired 20,000 people to produce 300,000 entries of roughly 1,000 words in length. This will continue to be the case until China launches its own version in 2018, according to the BBC. Internet users in China struggle to gain access to Chinese Wikipedia content. This initial data suggests the decision to shift to HTTPS has been a good one in terms of ensuring accessibility to knowledge.”īased on the most recent reports, China and Turkey are the only countries that comprehensively censor Wikipedia. “On balance, there is less censorship happening now than before the transition to HTTPS-only content delivery in June 2015. The results since 2015 have been very encouraging. The Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard recently analyzed 15 different countries with a history of censorship. Governments had to choose between censoring all of Wikipedia or none of it. Unsurprisingly, the move was not received with open arms by every country. The move meant that it became impossible for countries like China and Turkey to block specific Wikipedia pages. It uses encryption to protect against “man in the middle” attacks.
HTTPS is the communications protocol used for payment transactions.
However, there are certain governments that see Wikipedia is as a threat to their core values.Ī turning point in Wikipedia’s history came in 2015, when it decided to migrate from HTTP to HTTPS. In 2011, Jonathon Keats wrote an article in Wired Magazine entitled “ Why Wikipedia Is as Important as the Pyramids.” He argued that Wikipedia’s impact, due to its scale and reach, was as important as the Pyramids or Stonehenge.
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