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Republicans in Congress open probe into Wikipedia for alleged bias against Israel and Ukraine (eu.usatoday.com)

submitted 2 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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In the letter, Comer and Mace referenced a report from the Anti-Defamation League, in which they allege that Wikipedia coordinated a campaign to manipulate entries related to the War in Gaza, which they allege advanced “antisemitic and anti-Israel information.”

"As our research showed earlier this year, antisemitism and anti-Israel bias on Wikipedia are a significant problem. We welcome the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform opening an investigation into this issue and thank Rep. James Comer for his leadership effort to address this hate," in a statement released by ADL on Wednesday, Aug. 27.

The lawmakers also referenced a report from the think tank, Atlantic Council, which alleged that pro-Russia actors used Wikipedia to push pro-Kremlin messaging on its platform.

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[–] Ashiggan@eviltoast.org 3 points 1 day ago

Bias AKA the truth

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Liberals will let them do it, since they also support both fascist regimes.

[–] ALLGLORYTOHYPNOTOAD@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Israel thinks it can just crush all reality about how fucking evil what they are doing in Gaza is.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don’t forget that the Christian Right are also zionists who want this too. And they run this fucking place.

[–] ALLGLORYTOHYPNOTOAD@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The Christian right and Israel have a relationship based on mutual disdain of Muslims, economic ties, and a stream of PAC money. Deep down though, the right has a long antisemitic history that will eventually overtake that marriage of convenience. Based on history, I don’t think the right is truly zionist and when that relationship becomes less advantageous, they will turn on Israel.

[–] paper_moon@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

"First they came for...

....

Well I actually don't know, as there's no public record of it anymore..."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_They_Came

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When are "they" coming for child rapists?

[–] Nico_198X@europe.pub 3 points 1 day ago

that's the neat part! they don't!

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Reactionaries will never stop crying about how everyone is unfair to them. Even when they get everything they want, they're still livid that people disagree with them about anything.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Let's say they are biased. So?

They'll have the full support of centrist democrats in their attempt to censor wikipedia.