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Follow RT for news and stories on Wikipedia – the most internationally popular multilingual website – which is a free encyclopedia. Get news and stories about the formation and ownership of Wikipedia. It belongs to and is supported by a non-profit organization called the Wikimedia Foundation, and was established in 2001 by two internet entrepreneurs Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales. Despite the fact that Wikipedia contains of a huge number of articles in different languages, it has been criticized by many experts that often the information Wikipedia provides is not always confirmed and sometimes can be even fake. For instance, recently, US Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said there was a fake report on his death which was shown in Google search, apparently based on bad Wikipedia editing. Find the news on RT.com on that matter.
- Wikipedia defaced to display Nazi SWASTIKA on pages about Justin Trudeau, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris
Multiple Wikipedia pages, including those of prominent politicians, have temporarily had the usual informational text replaced with a nasty surprise: a full-screen Nazi swastika over a lurid red background.Aug 16, 2021 17:55World News - The word for it is ‘propaganda’: Wikipedia co-founder says website has morphed into playground for rich and powerful manipulatorsWikipedia fails to reflect relevant viewpoints on hot-button topics and describes center-left establishment worldviews, its co-founder Larry Sanger said. This consensus reality is prone to nefarious manipulation by powers that be.Jul 16, 2021 12:32World News
- Larry Sanger is right, Wikipedia has become the establishment thought police - just look at my entry on there Op-edFor some years now, Wikipedia has had a libellous smear entry on me that cannot be edited to be less of a smear. So, imagine my surprise to learn a co-founder of the site accuses it of not being neutral.Jul 12, 2021 15:31
- Wikipedia may be branded 'foreign agent' if Russia adopts law imposing new rules on tech giants, says foundation’s representativeIf Moscow legislators pass a proposed law to force large IT companies to maintain offices on Russian soil, Wikipedia could be registered as a foreign agent, and as such it may have to deal with numerous sanctions and restrictions.May 31, 2021 11:31Russia & Former Soviet Union
- President Richard Grenell? Google accidentally lists former Trump administration figure as POTUS in fake news blunderRichard Grenell, the Trump administration’s former acting director of national intelligence, is now president of the United States… at least according to some Google searches.Mar 20, 2021 17:15USA News
- Canadian border officer denies questioning Huawei CFO on FBI orders, claims WIKIPEDIA sparked his suspicionA Canadian border agent has insisted he questioned Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou about its dealings in Iran because a Wikipedia article piqued his suspicion she was a spy — denying the FBI used him to gather evidence.Nov 18, 2020 15:41World News
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