Hüquqi:Vikimedia Fondunun Ölkə və Ərazi Müdafiə Siyahısı

Şəffaflıq Vikimedia hərəkatının təməl daşıdır – ona görə də biz hansı məlumatları yaydığımıza və onu necə yaydığımıza çox əhəmiyyət veririk. Məlumatların Yayımlanması Təlimatlarımıza uyğun olaraq, məqsədimiz layihələrimizə töhfə vermək səbəbilə icmalarımızın üzləşə biləcəyi məxfilik və digər təhlükəsizlik risklərini gücləndirmədən layihələrimiz haqqında dəqiq məlumat verməkdir.

The Country and Territory Protection List Policy aims to enhance the Wikimedia Foundation's ability to publish information and protect contributors' personal information, while preserving everyone's ability to contribute safely to our projects online, consistent with the Foundation's commitment to upholding Wikimedians' rights to privacy as laid out in its Human Rights Policy. Publishing exact values of high-level, seemingly anonymous statistics exposes contributors to data re-identification or reconstruction risks. To that end, this update of the Country and Territory Protection List Policy takes into account the ability of differential privacy to statistically mask individual contributors and contributions. This update will allow for more flexibility and nuance without compromising the safety of our communities, and will thus allow us to release more data and better meet communities' needs.

Process

The list is maintained by the Global Advocacy team of the Wikimedia Foundation. The team relies on the judgments of respected international human rights NGOs to assess potential risk to Wikimedia users. Every year, Reporters Without Borders produces an annual score for hundreds of countries and territories (based on a review of political, economic, legislative, social, and security factors) that signifies journalistic safety in each place. Similarly, Freedom House produces an annual internet freedom score for nearly 80 countries and territories (based on a questionnaire that evaluates obstacles to access, limits on content, and violations of user rights).

These signals are highly-credible and dynamic, with updates every year provided by panels of subject matter experts. Relying on this independent data allows our own models to iterate and provides every person with access to sensitive data with a built-in set of guidelines around risk minimization. They also give the Wikimedia Foundation a sense of the relative risk of government or other parties' actions against Wikimedia community members for their on-platform behaviors (e.g. editing and reading). Where possible, we average the two scores together and subtract them from 100 to get a composite risk score, where 0 is the least likely and 100 is the most likely to take action against community members for on-platform behavior.

Based on the composite score, we then sort each country or territory into one of four categories:

• 0 to 60 — lower risk: These countries and territories are at lower risk of action being taken against Wikimedia community members for on-platform activities. The Wikimedia Foundation can publish aggregated data about them as long as it is in line with the minimum thresholds set out in the Data Publication Guidelines.
• 60 to 67.5 — medium risk: These countries and territories are at medium risk of action being taken against Wikimedia community members for on-platform activities. The Wikimedia Foundation can publish aggregated data about them only using differential privacy such that any consumer of the data will be (in the worst case) at most 5% more certain about a data subject's presence or absence in the dataset.
• 67.5 to 75 — higher risk: These countries and territories are at higher risk of action being taken against Wikimedia community members for on-platform activities. The Wikimedia Foundation can publish aggregated data about them only using differential privacy such that any consumer of the data will be (in the worst case) at most 2.5% more certain about a data subject's presence or absence in the dataset.
• 75 to 100 — not published: These countries and territories are at the highest risk of action being taken against Wikimedia community members for on-platform activities. For reasons of user and editor safety, the Wikimedia Foundation does not publish aggregated data about them.

Some countries and territories are not included in the Country and Territory Protection List because they do not have sufficient associated scores from our data sources; in these cases, privacy and human rights experts may decide their risk category.

Country and territory protection list designations

In 2024, the country and territory protection list is as follows:

Medium risk

There are twenty countries and territories deemed medium risk of action being taken against community members for on-platform activities: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Honduras, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, and Yemen.

Higher risk

There are eight countries and territories deemed higher risk of action being taken against community members for on-platform activities: Bahrain, Belarus, Egypt, Eritrea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Turkmenistan.

Not published

There are nine countries and territories deemed highest risk of action being taken against community members for on-platform activities, and that are, as a result, too risky to publish data about: China, Hong Kong, Cuba, Iran, Macau, Myanmar, North Korea, Syria, and Vietnam.

Full country and territory list

Country and territory protection list (full list)

Country Score Protected? (Yes/No) Risk Designation Əfqanıstan 60,25 Bəli Medium risk Albaniya 42,14 Xeyr Lower risk Əlcəzair 54,26 Xeyr Lower risk Andorra 24,95 Xeyr Lower risk Anqola 46,35 Xeyr Lower risk Angilya (OECS) 41,64 Xeyr Lower risk Antiqua və Barbuda (OECS) 41,64 Xeyr Lower risk Argentina 26,82 Xeyr Lower risk Ermənistan 28,70 Xeyr Lower risk Avstraliya 22,88 Xeyr Lower risk Avstriya 22,70 Xeyr Lower risk Azərbaycan 61,54 Bəli Medium risk Bəhreyn 70,71 Bəli Higher risk Banqladeş 61,85 Bəli Medium risk Belarus 68,92 Bəli Higher risk Belçika 23,53 Xeyr Lower risk Beliz 29,51 Xeyr Lower risk Benin 47,56 Xeyr Lower risk Butan 40,75 Xeyr Lower risk Boliviya 48,91 Xeyr Lower risk Bosniya və Herseqovina 34,57 Xeyr Lower risk Botsvana 35,39 Xeyr Lower risk Braziliya 38,67 Xeyr Lower risk Britaniya Virgin adaları (OECS) 41,64 Xeyr Lower risk Bruney 55,80 Xeyr Lower risk Bolqarıstan 37,02 Xeyr Lower risk Burkina-Faso 32,36 Xeyr Lower risk Burundi 47,86 Xeyr Lower risk Kabo-Verde 24,28 Xeyr Lower risk Kamboca 56,99 Xeyr Lower risk Kamerun 54,42 Xeyr Lower risk Kanada 14,24 Xeyr Lower risk Mərkəzi Afrika Respublikası 42,44 Xeyr Lower risk Çad 46,27 Xeyr Lower risk Çili 39,91 Xeyr Lower risk Çin 84,02 Bəli Not published Kolumbiya 44,89 Xeyr Lower risk Komor adaları 37,75 Xeyr Lower risk Konqo Respublikası 39,58 Xeyr Lower risk Kosta-Rika 17,40 Xeyr Lower risk Kot-d'İvuar 31,17 Xeyr Lower risk Xorvatiya 28,05 Xeyr Lower risk Kuba 75,50 Bəli Not published Kipr Respublikası 31,38 Xeyr Lower risk Çexiya 16,42 Xeyr Lower risk Danimarka 10,52 Xeyr Lower risk Cibuti 64,13 Bəli Medium risk Dominika (OECS) 41,64 Xeyr Lower risk Dominikan Respublikası 28,12 Xeyr Lower risk Konqo Demokratik Respublikası 51,45 Xeyr Lower risk Şərqi Timor 15,51 Xeyr Lower risk Ekvador 37,75 Xeyr Lower risk Misir 69,32 Bəli Higher risk Salvador 48,64 Xeyr Lower risk Ekvatorial Qvineya 49,65 Xeyr Lower risk Eritreya 72,14 Bəli Higher risk Estoniya 10,85 Xeyr Lower risk Esvatini 47,34 Xeyr Lower risk Efiopiya 63,15 Bəli Medium risk Fici 40,73 Xeyr Lower risk Finlandiya 12,06 Xeyr Lower risk Fransa 22,64 Xeyr Lower risk Qabon 41,88 Xeyr Lower risk Qambiya 36,47 Xeyr Lower risk Gürcüstan 31,16 Xeyr Lower risk Almaniya 20,55 Xeyr Lower risk Qana 34,54 Xeyr Lower risk Yunanıstan 44,80 Xeyr Lower risk Qrenada (OECS) 41,64 Xeyr Lower risk Qvadelupa (OECS) 41,64 Xeyr Lower risk Qvatemala 51,88 Xeyr Lower risk Qvineya 40,49 Xeyr Lower risk Qvineya-Bisau 38,43 Xeyr Lower risk Qayana 32,50 Xeyr Lower risk Haiti 42,62 Xeyr Lower risk Honduras 67,35 Bəli Medium risk Honkonq 55,14 Bəli Not published Macarıstan 34,02 Xeyr Lower risk İslandiya 11,41 Xeyr Lower risk Hindistan 56,69 Xeyr Lower risk İndoneziya 49,09 Xeyr Lower risk İran 82,10 Bəli Not published İraq 62,03 Bəli Medium risk İrlandiya 10,09 Xeyr Lower risk İsrail 42,43 Xeyr Lower risk İtaliya 26,48 Xeyr Lower risk Yamayka 24,11 Xeyr Lower risk Yaponiya 29,53 Xeyr Lower risk İordaniya 55,11 Xeyr Lower risk Qazaxıstan 60,07 Bəli Medium risk Keniya 41,43 Xeyr Lower risk Kosovo 31,62 Xeyr Lower risk Küveyt 61,16 Bəli Medium risk Qırğızıstan 49,05 Xeyr Lower risk Laos 63,34 Bəli Medium risk Latviya 16,73 Xeyr Lower risk Livan 49,77 Xeyr Lower risk Lesoto 35,71 Xeyr Lower risk Liberiya 35,66 Xeyr Lower risk Liviya 58,89 Xeyr Lower risk Lixtenşteyn 15,53 Xeyr Lower risk Litva 13,21 Xeyr Lower risk Lüksemburq 18,02 Xeyr Lower risk Makao n/a Bəli Not published Madaqaskar 43,34 Xeyr Lower risk Malavi 39,83 Xeyr Lower risk Malayziya 38,09 Xeyr Lower risk Maldiv adaları 43,07 Xeyr Lower risk Mali 47,71 Xeyr Lower risk Malta 40,24 Xeyr Lower risk Martinika (OECS) 41,64 Xeyr Lower risk Mavritaniya 40,55 Xeyr Lower risk Mavriki 34,44 Xeyr Lower risk Meksika 45,01 Xeyr Lower risk Moldova 22,38 Xeyr Lower risk Monqolustan 40,67 Xeyr Lower risk Monteneqro 25,72 Xeyr Lower risk Montserrat (OECS) 41,64 Xeyr Lower risk Mərakeş 51,66 Xeyr Lower risk Mozambik 43,87 Xeyr Lower risk Myanma 80,87 Bəli Not published Namibiya 19,09 Xeyr Lower risk Nepal 42,11 Xeyr Lower risk Niderland 13,00 Xeyr Lower risk Yeni Zelandiya 15,77 Xeyr Lower risk Nikaraqua 60,46 Bəli Medium risk Niger 33,16 Xeyr Lower risk Nigeriya 45,22 Xeyr Lower risk Şimali Koreya 78,28 Bəli Not published Şimali Makedoniya 25,65 Xeyr Lower risk Norveç 4,82 Xeyr Lower risk Oman 62,13 Bəli Medium risk Pakistan 67,03 Bəli Medium risk Fələstin Dövləti 62,14 Bəli Medium risk Panama 36,33 Xeyr Lower risk Papua-Yeni Qvineya 32,38 Xeyr Lower risk Paraqvay 44,04 Xeyr Lower risk Peru 47,26 Xeyr Lower risk Filippin 46,40 Xeyr Lower risk Polşa 32,34 Xeyr Lower risk Portuqaliya 15,40 Xeyr Lower risk Qətər 44,72 Xeyr Lower risk Rumıniya 30,96 Xeyr Lower risk Rusiya 72,12 Bəli Higher risk Ruanda 58,21 Xeyr Lower risk Sent-Kits və Nevis (OECS) 41,64 Xeyr Lower risk Sent-Lüsiya (OECS) 41,64 Xeyr Lower risk Sent-Vinsent və Qrenadina (OECS) 41,64 Xeyr Lower risk Samoa 17,85 Xeyr Lower risk Səudiyyə Ərəbistanı 71,29 Bəli Higher risk Seneqal 44,18 Xeyr Lower risk Serbiya 34,92 Xeyr Lower risk Seyşel adaları 24,29 Xeyr Lower risk Syerra-Leone 37,45 Xeyr Lower risk Sinqapur 49,06 Xeyr Lower risk Slovakiya 16,78 Xeyr Lower risk Sloveniya 29,41 Xeyr Lower risk Somali 55,76 Xeyr Lower risk Cənubi Afrika Respublikası 24,20 Xeyr Lower risk Cənubi Koreya 31,09 Xeyr Lower risk Cənubi Sudan 49,38 Xeyr Lower risk İspaniya 24,63 Xeyr Lower risk Şri-Lanka 51,08 Xeyr Lower risk Sudan 64,59 Bəli Medium risk Surinam 29,38 Xeyr Lower risk İsveç 11,85 Xeyr Lower risk İsveçrə 15,60 Xeyr Lower risk Suriya 77,89 Bəli Not published Tayvan 23,23 Xeyr Lower risk Tacikistan 60,94 Bəli Medium risk Tanzaniya 55,98 Xeyr Lower risk Tailand 52,88 Xeyr Lower risk Toqo 36,94 Xeyr Lower risk Tonqa 28,71 Xeyr Lower risk Trinidad və Tobaqo 23,46 Xeyr Lower risk Tunis 45,45 Xeyr Lower risk Türkiyə 68,02 Bəli Higher risk Türkmənistan 74,18 Bəli Higher risk Uqanda 51,46 Xeyr Lower risk Ukrayna 39,91 Xeyr Lower risk Birləşmiş Ərəb Əmirlikləri 63,51 Bəli Medium risk Birləşmiş Krallıq 21,25 Xeyr Lower risk Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları 26,39 Xeyr Lower risk Uruqvay 29,67 Xeyr Lower risk Özbəkistan 64,64 Bəli Medium risk Venesuela 67,01 Bəli Medium risk Vyetnam 76,71 Bəli Not published Qərbi Sahara 51,66 Xeyr Lower risk Yəmən 67,22 Bəli Medium risk Zambiya 40,80 Xeyr Lower risk Zimbabve 50,42 Xeyr Lower risk

Usage

The list can be accessed programmatically (for a data pipeline or a data analysis, for example) in two ways:

• The canonical_data.countries table in the Data Lake.
• The source file hosted on GitLab. The data dictionary is available in the same repository.