DraMoonBreaker
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Wikipedia's parent company has denied claims the Saudi government infiltrated its team in the Middle East.
Two international human rights groups said Saudi officials had altered or deleted content on the website.
The claims came after Wikimedia carried out its own investigation and suspended 16 users for "conflict of interest" editing in the Middle East.
Wikimedia said "material inaccuracies" had been published but no evidence of Saudi infiltration was found.
A statement by Smex and Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn) accused the Saudi government of using agents to act as independent editors on Wikipedia to "control information about the country".
Source:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64195644
CaldariBob
Not exactly the first time there's been organized fuckery on Wikipedia.
Gofuturself
Wait, If Wikipedia has a parent company, why are they always asking for Donations? Just go ask your dad for an allowance.
Vorphalack
The “parent company” is just the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. The whole thing runs on grants and public donations.
kindpanda
Good. That was my understanding and I give them money sometimes