Larry Sanger accused the CIA and it’s allies of editing articles for years to spread propaganda

There’s no way this porky [redacted] didn’t know this all along, and/or wasn’t complicit. It’s just that now he decides admitting it is expedient for furthering whatever purpose he has for admitting it.

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    On Gaza, Sanger said Wikipedia’s coverage is “clearly very one-sided,” in favor of Palestinians, and backed founder Jimmy Wales’s intervention on the “Gaza genocide” article, where Wales argued the introduction should contain more of the Israeli perspective.

    Fuck you, twat.

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    We knew that when they took down pages related to recent countries in recent wars. It’s not surprising to have it confirmed that the people who you think are behind these policies actually are.

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    everybody knows that you can’t trust wikipedia for topics where a third-party might profit from manipulating what’s written in the article, such as a company brand might remove criticism from its page. this is basic knowledge i think (or at least i hope)