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House to investigate Wikipedia over allegations of organized bias

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152 points xqcgrek2 | 2 comments | 27 Aug 25 18:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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amanaplanacanal ◴[27 Aug 25 18:59 UTC] No.45043592[source]▶
I don't see the point. Even if there is organized bias, what can Congress legally do about it?
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bhouston ◴[27 Aug 25 19:03 UTC] No.45043632[source]▶
> Even if there is organized bias, what can Congress legally do about it?

Something similar to their targeted of US Univerities/Colledes for anti-semitism and for being "woke." Trump has threatened the Harvard endowment, its ability to enrol foreign students, federal research funding, among others.

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foota ◴[27 Aug 25 19:04 UTC] No.45043657[source]▶
Does Wikipedia take any federal funding?
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1. bhouston ◴[27 Aug 25 19:08 UTC] No.45043713{3}[source]▶
> Does Wikipedia take any federal funding?

As a charity they are tax exempt - that could be revoked. The US government could declare them to be a foreign influence operation and require them to register as foreign agents. They could add a requirement that everyone on Wikipedia must declare who they are before editing. They could restrict various pages from being displayed in the US. They could even block or even cease the domain if they wanted to play hardball.

Do not underestimate the levers of pressure that could be deployed here.

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2. hshdhdhj4444 ◴[27 Aug 25 19:15 UTC] No.45043796[source]▶
They could put them on a variety of lists that would prevent them from banking in the U.S. which would mean they couldn’t receive donations, etc.