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Let"s take a walk down memory lane.  On the 29th day of April 2017, Turkish authorities blocked online access to all language editions of the online encyclopedia- Wikipedia- throughout Turkey. The restrictions were imposed in accordance to Turkish Law No. 5651, due to the English version of an article on state-sponsored terrorism, where Turkey was described as a sponsor country for ISIS and Al-Qaeda, which Turkish courts viewed as a public manipulation of mass media. Despite multiple requests by Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority, Wikipedia"s community, ascribed such claims to be referenced to reliable sources, refused to edit the article to comply with the Turkish law. When the Turkish government suddenly banned Wikipedia in late April last year, it came as little surprise to many people in the country. Access to platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and WhatsApp have been periodically restricted in Turkey numerous times since 2...

[caption id="attachment_10652" align="alignnone" width="1600"] YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki on stage at the SXSW conference last week [/caption] YouTube will connect conspiracy theory videos to Wikipedia links to better educate viewers, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said last week at the South by Southwest (SXSW) gathering on Tuesday in Austin, Texas. "On the off chance that there is a critical news occasion, we need to convey the correct data, we are not a news association." This is expected to roll out in the months ahead according to her even though Wikipedia came out to say they were not consulted by YouTube on the proposed use of links on conspiracy theory videos. Talking about conspiracy theory videos, it all depends on what is termed a "conspiracy theory" which is why she also said that these links will also come up on subjects that have generated a significant debate on YouTube. The choice to use Wikipedia stems from the fact that th...