In 2007 a hacker and tech whiz named Virgil Griffith revealed that the CIA, FBI and a host of large corporations and government agencies were editing pages on Wikipedia to their own benefit (or the benefit of associates). Now Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger is reporting that the intelligence agencies are still at it, routinely editing pages relating to the Iraq War body count, treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and China’s nuclear program.

  • Haus
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    110 months ago

    “Wikipedia = CIA” is the sort of statement you’d expect at a GOP presidential debate.

    • jimmydoreisaleftyOP
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      110 months ago

      The bloods don’t own certain talking points.

      The “left” use to be more anti alphabet than the bloods.