The Chinese language version of Wikipedia has once again been blocked in China—the most comprehensive effort to censor the collaborative, free-access online encyclopedia to date.
Chinese netizens have been unable to access Chinese Wikipedia entirely since May 19, notes GreatFire, a Chinese Internet freedom organization that tracks censorship on the mainland.
Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization behind the free web encyclopedia, said it was investigating the matter, according to Forbes. A Wikimedia Foundation spokesman told Forbes that the organization is “strongly opposed to censorship” and hopes that the “Chinese government will reconsider its position and reinstate access to Wikipedia so that the Chinese people can once again access and participate in creating the sum of all knowledge.”
At the time of writing, GreatFire online tests still show Chinese Wikipedia being completely blocked in China.
