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Wikipedia co-founder says encyclopedia 'compromised' by CIA (thecradle.co)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Where one might find a non-TLAcompromised Wikipedia-alt if one were so inclined? >.>

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    Presumably none. Wikis thrive on public contributions and CIA agents can make accounts same as anyone else. If it's not compromised it's because it's too small to be worth it.

    But the same crowd sourcing that makes it impossible to stop contributions also means anything that seems too biased might get caught and reverted.

    So, it probably happens, but it's also probably not all that important. This guy is simultaneously claiming the CIA has compromised the site and that it's too unfriendly to Israel. Which seems like the sort of bias the CIA wouldn't want if they really had much control.

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