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A pair of House Republicans is moving forward with an investigation that will seek to reveal the identities of Wikipedia editors who have edited articles to include information that portrays Israel negatively. The representatives asked Wikimedia's CEO, Maryana Iskander, for "assistance in obtaining documents and communications regarding individuals (or specific accounts) serving as Wikipedia volunteer editors who violated Wikipedia platform policies as well as your own efforts to thwart intentional, organized efforts to inject bias into important and sensitive topics."

Of chief concern to the legislators is investigating Wikipedia's handling of content related to Israel. They cited a report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a pro-Israel lobbying group, which the legislators said "raised troubling questions about potentially systematic efforts to advance antisemitic and anti-Israel information in Wikipedia articles related to conflicts with the state of Israel."

The ADL report makes the allegation that 30 "bad-faith" Wikipedia editors, whose identities are not public, were collaborating to edit pages about the Israel-Palestine conflict by "spotlighting criticism of Israel and downplaying Palestinian terrorist violence and antisemitism," and in the process violating Wikipedia's commitment to neutrality.

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[–] xyzzy@lemmy.today 55 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't get over just how bizarre it is that Republicans are constantly white knighting for Israel.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not at all bizarre when you think about how much money is flowing and how fucking weird the cons are when it comes to their weird little book club and its extra-biblical eschatology involving Jews.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago

And how tech oblivious most of these ancient politicians are, and how easy it is for the biggest spyware developing country in the world to blackmail them.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 39 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

If Wikipedia caves, I'll never donate again. I swear

[–] Hemuphone@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

If wikipedia caves, we're fucked. The internet will be pretty much 100% propaganda dictated by the rich and powerful.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Conservapedia. Which is already a thing.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago

Conservapedos are also a big thing.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Someone can fork it and carry on.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The edit logs aren't secret. Anyone can go to the history of any page and get a list of usernames or if they didn't sign in, their IP addresses.

Wikipedia's control of that data stops there.

This is purely chest thumping by the Republicans who don't understand technology.

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, look: It's the House Committing Un-American Activities again.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

FFS. An "investigation" into Wikipedia? WTAF.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago

Can't have sources of facts that contradict the blithering of the Dear Leader.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago

I demand Trump be arrested

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

[Citation Needed]

[–] ideonek@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

Preaty please, go fuck yourself.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago