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Facebook to reduce fake news distribution with new 'i' button

Facebook will source the authencity of the source from Wikipedia, hoping no false data on their part.

9 Oct 2017 7:16 PM IST

Wikipedia is available in China, but some of its content is blocked in the country. (representaional image)

Wikipedia, Internet Archive team up to help you verify traditional...

The companies have teamed up to help users verify citations which call back to physical texts by turning them digital.

6 Nov 2019 7:53 AM IST

To speak about her as on these Wikipedias talk pages is disrespectful to her legacy and ignorant of the issues of dalit peoples.

Court rules Turkey violated freedoms by banning Wikipedia

Turkey blocked Wikipedia in April 2017, accusing it of being part of a smear campaign against the country

27 Dec 2019 10:38 AM IST

To speak about her as on these Wikipedias talk pages is disrespectful to her legacy and ignorant of the issues of dalit peoples.

How Wikipedia cancels dalit icons

Engagements on the platform often seem to presume that they will automatically be the most neutral or the best judge of...

15 Dec 2019 12:59 AM IST

It has probably become a norm to read through the details of anything and everything on Wikipedia to get a whole lot of information regarding the subject in one go.

Knowledge beyond language

Wikipedia is partnering with Google to take advantage of the company's AI translation skills.

13 Jan 2019 12:28 AM IST

Wikipedia is available in China, but some of its content is blocked in the country. (representaional image)

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia blocked in China

Since 2015, Wikipedia's Chinese-language site was blocked by China's Great Firewall.

16 May 2019 3:45 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Researching Wikipedia on the origins of toxic words

And in my idle researches I find that there are places where Wikipedia doesn't fear to tread

19 Dec 2020 12:30 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | On truth' in the Age of Internet: How Wikipedia is...

There lies one of the instant hazards of Internet biography -- one can't tell lies about one's age any more.

11 Feb 2023 12:54 AM IST

In case the video makers do not have their own scripts or professional captioners at hand, they can depend on YouTube automatic speech recognition technology (LASR) to auto-generate captions.

YouTube to display Wikipedia blurbs alongside conspiracy videos

YouTube intends to present an alternative viewpoint to videos questioning science or describing conspiracies about...

14 March 2018 8:04 AM IST

Wikipedia is available in China, but some of its content is blocked in the country. (representaional image)

Turkish court rejects Wikipedia's appeal against ban

The telecommunications authority has said the ban would stay in place until the pages are removed.

5 May 2017 7:24 PM IST

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China to launch own encyclopaedia to rival Wikipedia

China is under pressure to write its own encyclopaedia so it can guide public thought.

3 May 2017 4:49 PM IST

Wikipedia is available in China, but some of its content is blocked in the country. (representaional image)

China to get its own version of Wikipedia in 2018

unlike the openly editable Wikipedia, the Chinese version will be created by selective scholars from stat-run...

3 May 2017 12:02 PM IST