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Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors; 'plan to use facial recognition software and a database of hacked usernames and passwords'
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.
Employees of Heritage, the conservative think tank that produced the Project 2025 policy blueprint for the second Trump administration, said they plan to use facial recognition software and a database of hacked usernames and passwords in order to identify contributors to the online encyclopedia, who mostly work under pseudonyms. A World Jewish Congress has released a report in March said the site’s articles about the Israel-Hamas war were biased in “terminology, framing and lack of context, one-sided sources and critical omissions,” while Aish.com, an Orthodox news website, said in November that it had been “hijacked by digital jihadists.” Kelly, who has been a volunteer editor on the site since 2012 with a focus that includes sexuality and religion, and previously served as an administrator, said that in the past, such problems have usually been rooted in interpersonal conflicts or ad hoc online campaigns
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