Investigative journalist John Stossel reports on what he describes as the increasing politicization of Wikipedia, arguing that left-leaning editors have used the platform to discredit individuals who ...
"I'm not sure anybody's going to trust an encyclopedia that has a thumb on the scales," Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales told The Verge.
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales tells David Plotz why trust, purpose, and transparency can make the internet — and our institutions — ...
Wikipedia is under attack — from accusations of bias, from AI scrapers, from Elon Musk — but the encyclopedia’s founder believes that transparency is the key to survival.
Most of the headshots in the fake Wikipedia article represented real revolutionaries but, contrary to the image, none of them ...
When I first meet someone, I can often tell if they’ve taken the time to Google my name and read my Wikipedia entry. Having a Wikipedia page devoted to you is an unsettling experience for anyone: ...
In my opinion, Wikipedia is one of the last good websites on the internet. Outside of the occasional fundraiser, there are no ads, no dark patterns, and no clickbait—it’s just information. Which ...
In the coming months, conspiracy videos posted on YouTube will begin to display text boxes called "information cues," which link to Wikipedia and other third-party sources to discredit a hoax. YouTube ...
More than 40 advocacy organizations are urging Wikipedia editors and the Wikimedia Foundation’s board of trustees to reject what they describe as founder-driven efforts to censor the encyclopedia’s ...