Molly WhiteJan 8, 2025

As I wrote last week: "As other information sources fall, Wikipedia’s stubborn independence becomes more vital than ever. The attacks from [the right] aren't just about an online encyclopedia — they're part of a broader assault on any information source that refuses to be controlled."

https://forward.com/news/686797/heritage-foundation-wikipedia-antisemitism/

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Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors

The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.

The Forward
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@molly0xfff OK, so we hit them with numbers. I'm a volunteer, and I'd bet a lot of other Masto users are too. We create a hashtag and a format for clarity about what got pulled, and someone else just jumps in and recreates it.

WikiLocusts? (I'll make t-shirts.)

First, though, we should locally backup our edits, eh?

Jan 8, 2025 at 3:59amWeb