[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation and Saudi Telecom (STC) partner to provide access to Wikipedia free of mobile data charges in the Middle East

[Moushira Elamrawy]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Theo10011 <de10011 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 3:31 AM, Moushira Elamrawy <moushirah at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > @Andreas:  Censorship!  Thats interesting --but my understanding is that
> > Wikiipedia is fine in KSA, except for some visual content that is being
> > blocked.
>
>
> Not exactly.[1][2] ;)
>

Yes, this too, but people always manage to work around it ;)
In general it is accessible and better than the censorship status in other
countries (Syria!), and the government is investing in increasing Wikipedia
Arabic content, so a lot could be done to expand readership and editor base
with the current status, even if it isn't perfect.

Best,
M

>
> Regards
> Theo
>
> [1]
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Saudi_Arabia#Internet
> [2]
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_articles_censored_in_Saudi_Arabia
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