Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has appealed to the public to stop donating to internet ‘encyclopedia’ Wikipedia as it is reportedly being misused as a platform “controlled by far-left activists”. This is not the first time the Tesla and SpaceX founder has attacked Wikipedia for allegedly running a leftist narrative.
Mr Musk’s latest post on his owned microblogging platform “has worked to introduce radical Islamic groups.” “A favorable light, and to mainstream academic views that have been marginalized in previous years on the Israel–Palestine conflict, which has intensified following the October 7 attacks.”
Mr Musk, who is also a strong supporter of Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump, said in a post on Twitter: “Wikipedia is controlled by far-left activists. People should stop donating to them. “
Wikipedia is controlled by far left activists.
People should stop donating to them.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 25 October 2024
In the report, Pirate Wires said that six weeks after October 7 (Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel), one of Wikipedia’s editors successfully removed mention of Hamas’s 1988 charter, which called for the murder of Jews and the destruction of Israel. Was done. Entry on Hamas.
The group appeared to be attempting to promote the interests of the Iranian government through a number of articles, including the removal of large amounts of documented human rights crimes by (Islamic Republic Party) officials, American news website that reports at the intersection of technology, politics Does, is included. , and culture said.
Even in India, Wikipedia has been accused of being abused by ‘super editors’ – longtime users who can lock topics on the website to prevent further editing – to drive certain narratives.
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Asian News International (ANI), one of South Asia’s largest news agencies, last month filed a Rs 2 crore defamation suit against Wikipedia’s parent foundation for allowing some malicious edits on a page containing information about the news agency. Had filed.
The Delhi High Court issued a contempt notice to Wikipedia for withholding information about editing of an entry on ANI after the news agency said Wikipedia has not disclosed details about three accounts making edits. Wikipedia eventually removed the entry on which ANI filed a defamation case.
The Delhi High Court on October 25 raised concerns over Wikipedia’s open-edit platform model, with Justice Subramaniam Prasad calling it “dangerous” because of public editing access, legal news website Bar & Bench reported.
Wikipedia has also become a narrative battleground over the Manipur crisis, with allegations that far-left editors attribute their content only to sources created by them and directly or indirectly influenced by them. Malicious edits made by ‘Super Editors’ and their locking out of Wikipedia are seen as a major problem.
