Encrypting pages keeps government spooks out
 

Wikipedia found to be a useful HTTPS case study,

Harvard researchers found fewer instances of government Wikipedia censorship after the site started encrypting all of its traffic.

Governments have been trying to censor the wackiest things on Wikipedia. In Turkey, Wikipedia articles about female genitals have been banned; Russia has censored articles about dope; the UK, has killed off articles about German metal bands and in China, the entire site has been banned on multiple occasions. This is on top of Wikipedia’s own censorship which has included the Everywhere Girl, Mike Magee and Fudzilla.

In 2011, Wikipedia encrypted its site and new research from the Harvard Centre for Internet and Society found it has been successful at cutting back on government censorship.

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