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Wikipedia co-founder says encyclopedia 'compromised' by CIA (thecradle.co)
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Larry Sanger accused the CIA and it's allies of editing articles for years to spread propaganda

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[–] 9 points 3 months ago

a three-letter agency? in my union-busting NATOpedia?

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    [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    AND ILL DO IT AGAIN!

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    [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    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.

    “That would be neutral," Sanger said.

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    [–] 61 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    While I don't doubt that state actors try to manipulate Wikipedia to suit their points, Sanger was booted from Wikipedia back in 2002 and has been a cynical d-bag since. He's currently banned from editing due to brigading. So I'd take what he says with a grain of salt.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    I believe he's also trying to popularize a non-anonymous Wikipedia competitor. So promoting scares about anonymity allowing for secret influence is good for his interests. As if the CIA couldn't just make a fake identity.

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    • [–] 16 points 3 months ago

    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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    [–] 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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    • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    The dude that started it is from the CIA, no?

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    • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    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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    • [–] 10 points 3 months ago

    No shit

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    [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Figures. Glad I haven't donated to them the last several times they've harassed me about it.

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