Get the latest tech news

MAGA Puts Wikipedia in Its Crosshairs | Prominent Republicans are trying to fight "bias" online.


Prominent Republicans are trying to fight "bias" online.

This week, two prominent Republicans, Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky) and Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), both of whom play influential roles in the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced plans to probe into everybody’s favorite digital encyclopedia. In a letter that Comer and Mace sent to the Wikimedia Foundation (which helps run the site), they asked for internal documents that might show evidence of bad actors who had commandeered Wikipedia for their own ends. One recent report 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.

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/technology

Read more on:

Photo of Online

Online

Photo of Puts

Puts

Photo of Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Related news:

News photo

‘Sammy’s Law’ would help parents monitor kids online. It’s gaining steam.

News photo

Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Allegations of Organized Bias

News photo

House to investigate Wikipedia over allegations of organized bias