Wikipedia 'shows CIA page edits'

[Judi Lynn]

Wikipedia 'shows CIA page edits'
By Jonathan Fildes
Mar 13, 2008, 12:26

Published on BBC website on August 17, 2007

An online tool that claims to reveal the identity of organisations that edit Wikipedia pages has revealed that the CIA was involved in editing entries.
Wikipedia Scanner allegedly shows that workers on the agency's computers made edits to the page of Iran's president.

It also purportedly shows that the Vatican has edited entries about Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.

The tool, developed by a US researcher, trawls a list of 34m edits and matches them to the net address of the editor.

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopaedia that can be created and edited by anyone.

Most of the edits detected by the scanner correct spelling mistakes or factual inaccuracies in profiles. However, others have been used to remove potentially damaging material or to deface sites.


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[chimper]

1. Why don't they hide their IP ?

Duh.