Wikipedia pages on contentious issues always bring out the most opinionated people who want to shape Wikipedia because generally it’s seen as an objective source. That’s just what happens when you have an open encyclopedia. Nobody should be doxxed for gods sake.
uvonu on
>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. It’s not clear exactly what kind of antisemitism the Wikipedia effort, which has not been previously reported, is intended to address. But in recent months some Jewish groups have complained about a series of changes on the website relating to Israel, the war in Gaza and its repercussions.
We’re gonna protect Jews by violating the privacy rights of those who try to maintain the open source of truth in the information age. Sure our movement has tolerated and even catered to overt and subtle antisemites, but I assure you attacking an organization that refuses to bow to our demands is totally in service to the Jewish community. For reasons.
larrytheevilbunnie on
If they only targeted pro-pallys, it wouldn’t actually be that bad, but that’s not what they’re gonna do.
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This is from 2007, but I doubt things have changed much since then
https://www.reuters.com/article/technology/cia-and-fbi-computers-used-for-wikipedia-edits-idUSN16428960/
Wikipedia pages on contentious issues always bring out the most opinionated people who want to shape Wikipedia because generally it’s seen as an objective source. That’s just what happens when you have an open encyclopedia. Nobody should be doxxed for gods sake.
>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. It’s not clear exactly what kind of antisemitism the Wikipedia effort, which has not been previously reported, is intended to address. But in recent months some Jewish groups have complained about a series of changes on the website relating to Israel, the war in Gaza and its repercussions.
We’re gonna protect Jews by violating the privacy rights of those who try to maintain the open source of truth in the information age. Sure our movement has tolerated and even catered to overt and subtle antisemites, but I assure you attacking an organization that refuses to bow to our demands is totally in service to the Jewish community. For reasons.
If they only targeted pro-pallys, it wouldn’t actually be that bad, but that’s not what they’re gonna do.