Wikimedia Foundation urges Pakistan to restore access to Wikipedia

Wikimedia Foundation, best known as the hosting platform for ‘Wikipedia’, has urged Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to restore access to Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects in the country.

This request follows after PTA blocked internet access to ‘Wikipedia’ in the country on Friday, for failure to remove from the site content deemed “unlawful” by the government.

“On Friday, February 3, 2023, Pakistan’s Telecommunications Authority blocked Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia Foundation calls on Pakistan to revoke the ban,” an official release from the Wikimedia Foundation said.