Wikimedia must remove India content deemed defamatory, court rulesAn Indian court has ordered the removal of allegedly defamatory statements from Wikipedia regarding a domestic news agency, ANI. The Wikime...
04 Apr, 2025, 12.43 PM IST
Wikimedia challenges India content takedown, warns of chilling effect on free speechWikimedia has urged India’s Supreme Court to overturn an order mandating Wikipedia to remove a page about its legal dispute with ANI, citin...
18 Mar, 2025, 09.19 PM IST
Wikipedia at Elon Musk's crosshairs, slams its $50 million DEI budget, calls it 'Wokepedia'Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a pretty recent social media post urged all of his followers to not donate any sort of money to Wikipedia anymore an...
27 Dec, 2024, 02.23 AM IST
Wikipedia faces legal challenge: Is it a publisher or an intermediary?The government has issued a notice to Wikipedia, questioning its intermediary status and suggesting it should be considered a publisher. Th...
07 Nov, 2024, 12.16 PM IST
Russia fines Wikipedia owner for failing to delete Azov battalion content - IfaxA Russian court on Tuesday fined the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, 3 million roubles ($36,854) for refusing to delete an arti...
06 Jun, 2023, 03.45 PM IST
Russia continues information crackdown with new Wikimedia fineWikipedia, which says it offers "the second draft of history", is one of the few surviving fact-checked sources of information in Russian s...
06 Apr, 2023, 06.59 PM IST
Wikimedia foundation urges Pakistan telecommunications authority to restore access"On Friday, February 3, 2023, Pakistan's Telecommunications Authority blocked Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia Foundation ca...
04 Feb, 2023, 01.07 PM IST
Wikipedia gets new features in first desktop update after a decadeThe new desktop interface, according to Wikimedia that runs Wikipedia, was created to meet the needs of the next generation of internet use...
19 Jan, 2023, 07.50 PM IST
MeitY may ask wikimedia execs to explain distortion of bowler Arshdeep’s page“We have taken strong cognisance (of the edits). It was a clear attempt to disturb peace. We will take action as per the IT Act,” an offici...
06 Sep, 2022, 12.57 AM IST
Google paying Wikimedia Foundation to access its content more efficientlyGoogle and the Wikimedia Foundation have worked together on a number of projects and initiatives to enhance knowledge distribution to the w...
23 Jun, 2022, 11.08 AM IST
Wikipedia parent's new CEO Maryana Iskander wants to make it more globalRecently, the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, appointed social entrepreneur Maryana Iskander as its...
27 Sep, 2021, 10.24 PM IST
Wikimedia Foundation appoints Maryana Iskander as new CEOThe nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation provides the infrastructure for free knowledge. It hosts Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, create...
14 Sep, 2021, 09.51 PM IST
Wikimedia flags worries on data lawIn the letter, Amanda Keton, General Counsel, Wikimedia Foundation said the new draft rules have not been made public even after a year sin...
27 Dec, 2019, 08.16 AM IST
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia blocked in China ahead of Tiananmen anniversary"In April, the Wikimedia Foundation determined that Wikipedia was no longer accessible in China," Samantha Lien, spokeswoman for the Wikime...
15 May, 2019, 04.06 PM IST
Aircel to offer free mobile Wikipedia accessThe alliance is aimed at making knowledge available on Wikipedia accessible to all Aircel customers in both rural and urban areas for free,...
25 Jul, 2013, 04.31 PM IST
Google co-founder Sergei Brin, wife donate $ 500 k to WikimediaGoogle Inc's co-founder Sergei Brin and his wife have donated $ 500,000 to Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia.
21 Nov, 2011, 08.14 AM IST
- 20 there, 20 more: Wikipedias in local language to bloom
'We now have regular Wikimeetups in six cities including Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Pune. Indic wikipedias are grow...
04 Jan, 2011, 03.44 AM IST