Block of Wikipedia in Turkey in line with North Korea" and Barış Yarkadaş calling it "censorship and a violation of the right to access information". In a tweet made on the first day of the block, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales expressed his support for those criticizing the decision as censorship, saying "Access to information is a fundamental human right. Turkish people I will always stand with you to fight for this right." The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, states that it is committed to keeping the site available in Turkey and pushing for a "judicial review" of the decision. On 9 January 2018, Republican People's
Web Summit first five years the event was held in Dublin, Ireland. In September 2015 Paddy Cosgrave, Web Summit co-founder, announced that Web Summit would be held in Lisbon starting in 2016. In October 2018, the Portuguese government announced a ten-year contract extension with the Web Summit. According to Forbes, the Web Summit is the best technology conference on the planet. Web Summit 2017 took place in the Altice Arena in Lisbon from November 6 - 9. The event promised to bring 60,000 attendees from over 160 countries together. 1,000 speakers were initially confirmed for the conference and, finally, over 1200 spoke.