2023-04-04: Russian official wants Wikipedia blocked
https://www.rt.com/russia/574154-wikipe ... ck-russia/
2023-04-06: Former editor explains Wikipedia's anti-Russia bias
https://www.rt.com/russia/574279-wikipe ... kraine-us/
Wikipedia v. Russia
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Daniel Brandt
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Cla68
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Re: Wikipedia v. Russia
Wikipedia generally supports the establishment and the Western political establishment is definitely in a semi-hot war with Russia right now.
A good example is the recent episode with the Massachusetts Air National Guard member, Jack Teixeira, being arrested for leaking classified documents that exposed a couple of lies by the Biden administration and other Western governments: 1.) That Ukraine is "winning"; actually, according to the documents, they've lost seven times as many soldiers as the Russians and are using forced conscription to fill their depleted ranks on the front lines, and 2.) American military forces are not in Ukraine; actually we have a special forces team operating out of the embassy in Kiev.
Notice that during the Trump administration US media were very active in cultivating and encouraging US military and government personnel to leak information that could be negative. Contrast that with the treatment of Teixeira. Not only did the media not try to protect him or report on what the leaks exposed, the Washington Post and NYTimes actually led the investigation to find out who he was to help get him arrested. That poor kid is only 21 years old and it wouldn't surprise me if they bury him in a Supermax prison with a lifetime sentence to make sure everyone understands that you cannot mess with the current thing.
Since his arrest, the Biden administration has announced they are going to more actively monitor social media using intelligence and other government assets. This likely means the NSA will be involved. It appears that the current administration used the NSA to help find Teixeira, which is significant because it requires special permission to use US intelligence agency resources in criminal investigations and prosecutions of US citizens.
To bring this back to Wikipedia, it's likely that any Wikipedia editors who appear to be promoting the Russian side in related articles will be spied on by the NSA, FBI, DIA, and perhaps some other agencies. I assume that the WMF will start getting hit with some requests for information on certain editors and the WMF, being stolid supporters of the current political regime, will happily comply.
A good example is the recent episode with the Massachusetts Air National Guard member, Jack Teixeira, being arrested for leaking classified documents that exposed a couple of lies by the Biden administration and other Western governments: 1.) That Ukraine is "winning"; actually, according to the documents, they've lost seven times as many soldiers as the Russians and are using forced conscription to fill their depleted ranks on the front lines, and 2.) American military forces are not in Ukraine; actually we have a special forces team operating out of the embassy in Kiev.
Notice that during the Trump administration US media were very active in cultivating and encouraging US military and government personnel to leak information that could be negative. Contrast that with the treatment of Teixeira. Not only did the media not try to protect him or report on what the leaks exposed, the Washington Post and NYTimes actually led the investigation to find out who he was to help get him arrested. That poor kid is only 21 years old and it wouldn't surprise me if they bury him in a Supermax prison with a lifetime sentence to make sure everyone understands that you cannot mess with the current thing.
Since his arrest, the Biden administration has announced they are going to more actively monitor social media using intelligence and other government assets. This likely means the NSA will be involved. It appears that the current administration used the NSA to help find Teixeira, which is significant because it requires special permission to use US intelligence agency resources in criminal investigations and prosecutions of US citizens.
To bring this back to Wikipedia, it's likely that any Wikipedia editors who appear to be promoting the Russian side in related articles will be spied on by the NSA, FBI, DIA, and perhaps some other agencies. I assume that the WMF will start getting hit with some requests for information on certain editors and the WMF, being stolid supporters of the current political regime, will happily comply.
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Ognistysztorm
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Re: Wikipedia v. Russia
There are multiple times where there are contradictions. For example the shadow Russia editors, the Anonymous pages defilements by CCP incident, Saudi control and persecution of editors (which the WMF rendered inept response) and finally the Holocaust distortions. I took a look at some space articles and found some POV pushers minimizing nuances about Russian space achievements.Wikipedia generally supports the establishment and the Western political establishment is definitely in a semi-hot war with Russia right now.
Sure, it is currently the establishment's darling, but it will fall out of favour eventually, because as I said somewhere a journalist has uncovered a second Holocaust scandal and that a participant of it is a likely chomo.