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House to investigate Wikipedia over allegations of organized bias

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152 points xqcgrek2 | 3 comments | 27 Aug 25 18:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.596s | source
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tptacek ◴[27 Aug 25 19:18 UTC] No.45043838[source]▶
This seems like just an attempt to change the news cycle, because there's no rule anywhere saying Wikipedia needs to be unbiased, any more than does Fox News or PragerU.
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ASalazarMX ◴[27 Aug 25 19:34 UTC] No.45044034[source]▶
Probably an attempt at capturing Wikipedia, in preparation for censorship or historic revisionism. I feel like a cosnpiracy theorist, but such things seem less implausible these days.
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tptacek ◴[27 Aug 25 19:36 UTC] No.45044069[source]▶
How exactly is that supposed to work?
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pjc50 ◴[27 Aug 25 19:49 UTC] No.45044256[source]▶
It's not complicated, same process as has been applied to government agencies and private universities: remove "DEI", that is any mention of anti racism.

How it's enforced is a detail. They have the Supreme Court to issue whatever verdict is required.

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tptacek ◴[27 Aug 25 19:50 UTC] No.45044269[source]▶
No, it must be complicated. Wikipedia isn't grant-funded (they have money coming out of their ears) and it isn't a government agency subject to regulation. Most private publications are proudly biased.

In fact, the most likely outcome to the House trying to play hardball with Wikipedia is a double-digit percentage increase in their donations. Which I don't think House Republicans mind, because none of this is actually about Wikipedia.

So, again, how is this supposed to work?

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1. SauciestGNU ◴[27 Aug 25 20:50 UTC] No.45045072[source]▶
Snatching editors off the street who revert regime-approved edits? It wouldn't be the first time they sent a goon squad to black bag someone for disfavored political speech.
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2. tptacek ◴[27 Aug 25 21:02 UTC] No.45045231[source]▶
If they're going to operate purely extrajudicially, what would House hearings have to do with anything? These theories aren't coherent.
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3. SauciestGNU ◴[27 Aug 25 22:14 UTC] No.45046003[source]▶
Congress doing their investigation will be used in the media to "prove" that by virtue of being under investigation the executive actions against Wikipedia and its contributors are legitimate. Similar to how accusations of antisemitism led to the snatching of Ms. Ozturk.