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
'Defund Wikipedia until...': Elon Musk furious after online encyclopedia calls his controversial gesture a ‘Nazi salute’Elon Musk, the world's richest man, wants the funding of Wikipedia to be stopped. The remarks of the tech mogul came after the online encyc...
22 Jan, 2025, 08.49 PM 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
Centre puts Wikipedia on notice for alleged bias amid ANI tussleThe Indian government has issued a notice to Wikipedia, questioning its intermediary status and suggesting it should be considered a publis...
06 Nov, 2024, 12.39 AM IST
Billion-dollar joke! Tesla's Elon Musk offers $1 bn to Wikipedia for NSFW name changeElon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, has offered to donate $1 billion to Wikipedia on the condition that the popular online encyclop...
23 Oct, 2023, 02.46 PM IST
Google vows more transparency on ads as new EU rules kick inThe DSA will go into effect on Friday and requires companies to do more to tackle child sexual abuse material and disinformation, be more t...
24 Aug, 2023, 02.27 PM IST
Russia fines Apple, Wikimedia for spreading ''false information'' about Ukraine conflictApple paused all product sales in Russia shortly after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, and limited i...
03 Aug, 2023, 07.56 PM IST
US Supreme Court lets Google win stand against Genius suit over song lyricsThe justices turned away an appeal by Genius of a lower court's decision blocking its breach-of-contract claims against Google. Genius had ...
26 Jun, 2023, 08.33 PM IST
Online sources such as Wikipedia not completely dependable: SC"We say so for the reason that these sources, despite being a treasure trove of knowledge, are based on a crowd -sourced and user -generate...
18 Jan, 2023, 12.33 PM 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
Over 100 global leaders appeal to declare covid-19 vaccines a common goodOver 100 global leaders, thinkers and industrialists including Ratan Tata, NR Narayana Murthy, Kailash Satyarthi and Shabana Azmi have join...
28 Jun, 2020, 10.38 PM IST
Chetan Bhagat sued! Dan Brown to J K Rowling, 5 authors who were accused of plagiarising tooControversy seems to follow author Chetan Bhagat around, but this time, he ain't alone.
09 May, 2017, 12.15 PM IST
Quora raises $85 million, the Q&A platform is now a UnicornUser growth can be attributed - in part - to the increase in its valuation. Quora reportedly has 190 million monthly users - up from 100 mi...
22 Apr, 2017, 03.28 PM IST
Wikipedia enlists Indians to be the standard-bearers for its fund-raising effortsThe face on Wikipedia banner making an appeal for donations for the encyclopaedia will not be that of Wales but Sengai Podhuvan.
24 Dec, 2011, 05.43 PM IST
- Crowdsourcing: Making the crowds on net work for you
In a trend-setting shift, online groups are expanding the reach of everybody from recruiters to product makers. Wisdom of web crowds is hel...
01 Feb, 2011, 01.08 AM IST
- Wikipedia reaches $6 mn fundraising target
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia announced on Friday that it had attained its fundraising goal of six million dollars, enough to cover operati...
03 Jan, 2009, 03.04 AM IST