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The balance or the tone of the article. but in my experience, the pro—beijing editors are a lot more aggressive in droning up 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...

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 s...

Of the world, but i understand there are other views of the world and that an encyclopaedia should present an explanation of all these various viewpoints in a fair way. 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 adminis...

To a higher level in wikipedia, the pro—beijing editors tried to use their numbers to crowd me out, so my voice did not get heard. we put all of this to wikimedia, the foundation responsible for wikipedia, to askjust how long they think the largest encyclopaedia can survive when it�*s become a battleground. we come at it from a very, very hardcore ideological perspective about neutrality, about freedom of expression, about quality, and we�*ll stick to that, and we�*ll stick to that no matter what. wikipedia�*s global. wikipedia is not localised to particular countries. as soon as we ...

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 protests — tear gas being fi...