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====2019==== On 23 April 2019, Chinese authorities expanded the block of Wikipedia to versions in all languages.<ref name="cn2019apr">{{Cite news |last=Gandolfo |first=Ryan |title=Wikipedia Currently Down in China |work=That's Beijing |url=http://www.thatsmags.com/beijing/post/27660/wikipedia-currently-down-in-china |access-date=24 April 2019 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424081614/http://www.thatsmags.com/beijing/post/27660/wikipedia-currently-down-in-china |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ooni">{{Cite web |last1=Sukhbir Singh |last2=Arturo Filastò |last3=Maria Xynou |date=4 May 2019 |title=China is now blocking all language editions of Wikipedia |url=https://ooni.io/post/2019-china-wikipedia-blocking/ |access-date=7 May 2019 |publisher=Open Observatory of Network Interference |quote=The following chart, based on OONI data, illustrates that multiple language editions of Wikipedia have been blocked in China as of April 2019.{...}OONI measurements show that many of these Wikipedia domains were previously accessible, but all measurements collected from 25 April 2019 onwards present the same DNS anomalies for all Wikipedia sub-domains.{...}Based on these tests, we were able to conclude that China Telecom does in fact block all language editions of Wikipedia by means of both DNS injection and SNI filtering.}}</ref> The timing of the block coincided with the [[30th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests|30th anniversary]] of the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]] and the 100th anniversary of the [[May Fourth Movement]], resulting in stricter [[internet censorship in China]].<ref name="515news18">{{Cite news |date=15 May 2019 |title=Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary, Chinese Government Blocks Wikipedia |publisher=News18 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/world/ahead-of-tiananmen-anniversary-chinese-government-blocks-wikipedia-2142621.html |access-date=2 June 2019 |archive-date=2 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602223335/https://www.news18.com/news/world/ahead-of-tiananmen-anniversary-chinese-government-blocks-wikipedia-2142621.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2019, according to Alexa.com, Wikipedia fell from fifth-placed to seventh-placed website in the world for global internet engagement.<ref name="alexa.com">{{Cite web |title=wikipedia.org Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic – Alexa |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikipedia.org |website=alexa.com |access-date=10 February 2018 |archive-date=25 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825070245/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikipedia.org |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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