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- Russia creating rival to Wikipedia to protect knowledge from ‘erosion’ & fake news
The Russian equivalent of Wikipedia will become a reliable source for “safe,” verified, data without any ideological or political agenda, and could be accessed by 15 million people a day, its creators said.Oct 10, 2019 19:07Russia News - Wikipedia says massive hack attack took down the website in Europe & Middle EastFoul play was behind a lasting outage that left millions of users in large parts of Europe and the Middle East without access to Wikipedia, the website has said, pinning the blame on “bad faith actors.”Sep 8, 2019 07:52World News
- ‘Reputation managers’ get to work scrubbing Clinton-Epstein connection from WikipediaThe internet's unofficial Ministry of Truth has been hard at work trying to memory-hole links between former US President Bill Clinton and financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was recently arrested and charged with sex trafficking.Jul 10, 2019 00:42USA News
- Free pics turned into ads: Wikipedia outraged as North Face brags of site exploitClothes brand North Face has bragged about scoring free ads and top Google rankings by swapping scenic photos on Wikipedia for pictures of their clothes and calling it a “collaboration.” Wikipedia says their site was “defaced.”May 30, 2019 13:27World News
- Wikipedia founder appointed to judge trustworthiness of news, proving satire is deadThe Orwellian browser plugin NewsGuard, which purports to judge the trustworthiness of media outlets, has appointed Wikipedia’s founder to its board, proving that even neoliberal thought police have a sense of humor.Apr 26, 2019 11:05
- 'Reputational assault': Mystery Wikipedia editor Philip Cross targets journalist Rania KhalekNotorious Wikipedia editor Philip Cross, known for his campaign against anti-war and left-leaning journalists on the platform, appears to be at it again — this time taking part in a smear effort against journalist Rania Khalek.Jan 30, 2019 14:20World News
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