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And while it's certainly possible to tweak an entry about yourself or your company to add some "facts", the encyclopaedia's community of editors and fact—checkers have been famously hot on dragging you back to earth should you big yourself up too much. hmm. but over the last couple of years, we've uncovered evidence that some of wikipedia's articles are being changed to present a particular country in a more positive light — and that's china. you remember what carl millerfound when we sent him to taiwan? yes — articles about taiwan's independence were being edited to swing more in line w...

Did last month when it banned seven pro—beijing editors. we tracked down yan, 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...

Or the tone of the article. but in my experience, the pro—beijing editors are a lot more aggressive in churning out this information. it�*s now unfixable without external interference because they are trying to rewrite history. while these editors may use state registered e—mails and vpns to get across the internet that�*s otherwise banned in china, john says it�*s not a straightforward situation of beijing ordering the edits. there seems to be an overflow of patriotism in china and these changes are being carried out by people loyal to the communist party, but they are not paid for ...

Now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week — hong kong is changing and so is its wikipedia entry, but who is responsible? bringing the vikings to life for schools. and, i mean, how many us do you need on a song? for many of us, wikipedia embodies the true spirit of the internet — an enormous source of information created, edited and policed by volunteers around the world.

Abusing the platform. 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 dissent 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 ba...