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Pakistan threatens to ban Wikipedia over ‘blasphemous content’

Social media giants Facebook and YouTube have been blocked in the past over content deemed blasphemous, a hugely sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has said the website had until late Friday to heed the warning

On this day: Remembering historical events that took place on 15 January

On 15 January 2009, US Airways flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson River. In the event, also known as 'Miracle on the Hudson', five people were seriously injured but no casualties were reported

Wikipedia gets it wrong again, and there is nothing Vivek Agnihotri can do about it

As per Wikipedia, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files is a fictional storyline that is centered around an exodus of Kashmiri Hindus.

Oscars 2021: With a format revamp, shorter runtime, pandemic-safe edition was a subdued and sincere affair

Oscars 2021 offered a more intimate setting that felt like a throwback to the earliest days of the award show, when they were just an untelevised banquet for 270 people.

Google rolls out a new feature that will show description of websites appearing in search results

Users will get a description of the website from Wikipedia that would provide reliable and free information on tons of websites available on the web.

Centre asks Wikipedia to remove link showing incorrect map of Jammu and Kashmir: Report

The Ministry of Electronics and IT had issued an order on 27 November under Section 69A of the IT Act, 2000 directing Wikipedia to remove the link

Turkey restores access to Wikipedia after more than two years of ban

Backin April 2017, Wikipedia had entries that accused Turkey of having links to terrorist organisations.

Internet pioneers oppose the .org domain sale of control, say it would hurt millions of non-profits

In a move to press the US-based ICANN to block the sale, prominent internet exec said they have created a nonprofit cooperative.

Wikimedia Foundation says India’s proposed intermediary liability rules limits free expression online

The non-profit group said that the changes could seriously impact Wikipedia’s open editing model.

Turkish apex court rules the government violated freedoms by banning Wikipedia

Access to Wikipedia and all its language editions was blocked by the Turkish government.