Maga put Wikipedia at its intersection

Recently, conservative forces have sought to control the ecosystem of information in which we all live. In the case of social media, you can buy an existing platform (for example, Twitter) or, in the case of Trump, simply start your run. In the case of public broadcasters such as PBS and NPR, you can empty it. When it comes to open and central sources of information such as Wikipedia, it seems that the plan may be to find evidence of a thorny plot that justifies the formulation of the platform according to your desire.

This week, two prominent Republicans, MP James Kumer and Nancy Carolina, both playing influential roles in the Government Reform and Reform Committee. Plans announced To investigate the preferred digital encyclopedia for all. In a message This next and MACE was sent to Wikimedia (which helps in managing the site), and they have requested internal documents that may show evidence of bad actors who were leading Wikipedia to achieve their own goals. The letter indicates, on August 27, that the committee …

… investigating the efforts of foreign operations and individuals in academic institutions supported by US taxpayers to influence American public opinion. We seek to get your help in obtaining documents and communications in relation to individuals (or specific accounts) who work as volunteer editors in Wikipedia who have violated the Wikipedia platform policies as well as your own efforts to thwart deliberate efforts organized to pump bias into important and sensitive topics.

“Evidence”, eh? We don’t want the media to be biased, right? It is better to be fair and balanced, right? Wait … where did you hear that before?

In a particularly non -sudden development, the message also mentions Israel:

Severe studies and reports have highlighted the information on information on the Wikipedia propaganda platform aimed at Western masses. One of the modern reports raised worrying questions about the possible methodological efforts to advance anti -Semitic and anti -Israel information in Wikipedia articles related to conflicts with the state of Israel.

Yes, if people write bad things about Israel online, it is clear that only to stop. What is unclear is, exactly, the committee plans to do it if you find evidence of “right bias”. Whatever it is, you can make sure it will be annoying. Gizmodo communicate to the committee for more information about the investigation and will update this story when we discover more.