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Pro-government editors wiped Iran rights abuses from Wikipedia - watchdog


As Iranian security forces carried out a deadly crackdown on protesters, a media watchdog found pro-government editors coordinated to reshape Wikipedia’s past record of events in the country in an effort the group branded information warfare.

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