The Dark Side of Wikipedia

Right now, this very second, people are busily editing away on the website Wikipedia, at a rate of more than ten edits per second. There are over five million articles written in English on Wikipedia, with a thousand being added every day.

But there’s a dark side to Wikipedia you probably don’t know about. The promise of accurate, neutral articles and privacy for contributors is often just a mirage, according to two insiders. They say they’ve been left battle-scarred after troubling personal encounters with the world’s most popular encyclopedia.

It’s billed as “the encyclopedia anyone can edit.” But for many, it’s the opposite.

Watch the entire Full Measure investigation at the link below:

http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/the-dark-side-of-wikipedia

Original source: https://sharylattkisson.com/2019/01/06/the-dark-side-of-wikipedia/

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