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SMEX • 18 Jan 2023

Update to Press Release on Saudi Government Infiltration of Wikipedia, Sentencing Independent Administrators to Prison

(January 18, 2023 – Washington, DC and Beirut): On January 5, 2023, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) and…

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Wikimedia
  • Wikipedia
SMEX • 06 Jan 2023

Saudi Arabia: Government Agents Infiltrate Wikipedia, Sentence Independent Admins to Prison

Internal Wikimedia Investigation Results in Termination of Entire Saudi-Based Team of Administrators (January 5, 2023 – New York and Beirut):…

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Wikimedia
  • Wikipedia
Mohamed Taher • 15 Jan 2021

Wikipedia: The Everlasting Project

Wikipedia: a long history of collaborative knowledge production and free access, and some bots too.

  • Arabic Web Content
  • Bot
  • Content Moderation