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Wikipedia Blocks 381 Accounts for Paid Editing
2015-09-01 22:02:10| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The accounts in question were accepting money to promote external interests without revealing their affiliation.
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Wikipedia Blocked, Quickly Restored in Russia
2015-08-25 22:01:48| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Update: Wikimedia said it learned of a possible block last week, and noticed a dip in activity from Russia overnight.
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Wikipedia Blocked, Quickly Restored in Russia
2015-08-25 20:01:32| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
The blackout was brief, but illustrates the growing crackdown on Internet freedom in Russia.
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Etisalat to offer free access to Wikipedia
2015-07-08 11:21:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Etisalat Group said it will offer its subscribers across 19 markets free access to Wikipedia via Wikipedia Zero. Wikipedia Zero is the Wikimedia Foundation's global initiative to enable everyone to access and participate in Wikipedia. The collaboration between Etisalat and the Wikimedia Foundation will provide access to the mobile version of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, in all languages, with no data charges. Currently an estimated 400 million mobile subscribers have free access to Wikipedia, thanks to 68 operators in 59 countries who have already joined Wikipedia Zero. The agreement with Etisalat Group aims to bring Wikipedia Zero to new countries in the coming months across Asia, Middle East and Africa through its operations in 19 countries, where it currently covers more than 173 million subscribers. Maroc Telecom, part of Etisalat Group, first launched Wikipedia Zero in the Moroccan market in January 2015.
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Del Mastro wants probe of Wikipedia posts from H of C computers
2015-02-25 23:18:41| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
MP Dean Del Mastro arrives at court in Peterborough, Ont., on Monday June 23, 2014. The lawyer for former Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro is trying to undermine the credibility of the Elections Canada investigator who led the case against his client.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick MP Dean Del Mastro says he will ask the Speaker of the House of Commons to look into potentially defamatory changes to Wikipedia that were made from someone using a computer on the parliamentary network.