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One of them. he lives abroad now, but used to organise events in china, teaching citizens there how to edit wikipedia. he denies misusing the platform and says that the removal of active pro—beijing editors is detrimental to the neutrality of wikipedia as a whole. wikipedia, especially chinese wikipedia, is a balance that anti—beijing forces and the pro—beijing forces must maintain a balance and people agree on a compromise in order for the project to proceed. and the thing is you�*re removing one side from — you�*re removing the pro—beijing voices for — from this platform and ...

So carl and danny have teamed up to ask whether wikipedia's open knowledge goals are really compatible with a world where different countries have different views on the truth. stephen mcdonell: tear gas, which is being fired. _ you can see from above behind them, the riot police have these two water cannon trucks. in hong kong, beijing has been clamping down on descent since the start of the protests in 2019. the clashes between the police and pro—democracy demonstrators may have subsided for now, at least. but the same cannot be said for the online world, where the battle for the narrative...

Other views of the world and that an encyclopaedia should present an explanation of all these various viewpoints ina fairway. the way wikipedia works is that while anyone can edit an article, higher—level administrators act as the ultimate decision—makers. they are vetted and elected by a community of writers within each country, which wikipedia says is crucial to preserving the integrity of the people�*s encyclopaedia. but yet, in recent weeks, 12 administrators from mainland china have each had their wikipedia privileges revoked. those administrators that were elected fair and square, ...

But to get a sense ofjust how real the situation is on the ground right now, we asked our bbc hong kong correspondent danny vincent to dig deeper. i met someone we�*re going to call �*john�*, who continues to edit articles on wikipedia relating to important events in hong kong�*s recent past, so a balanced viewpoint is presented. we gathered in a neutral location and under the cover of darkness. since the introduction of beijing�*s national security law, wikipedia seems to have become a much more hostile place. pro—beijing people often remove content that is sympathetic to the prot...

These are edits that usually look at the event from a western prism and what chinese editors deem biased. but to get a sense ofjust how real the situation is on the ground right now, we asked our bbc hong kong correspondent danny vincent to dig deeper. i met someone we�*re going to call �*john�*, who continues to edit articles on wikipedia relating to important events in hong kong�*s recent past, so a balanced viewpoint is presented. we gathered in a neutral location and under the cover of darkness. since the introduction of beijing�*s national security law, wikipedia seems to have b...