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On Wikipedia, anonymous users fight for control of the information you read on the popular online encyclopedia.
Tags: Wikipedia, computers & technology
Truth Only Follows Lies in Latest Wikipedia Skirmishishesnew
Now that tracing is possible, all those seeking to use Wikipedia for propaganda are busily creating "sock puppets" -- phony characters to fool Virgil Griffith's scanner, and disguise the origins of deception and confusion.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
09-07-2007 |
Tech
Anonymity Trouble: The Satisfactions of Wikiscannernew
Virgil Griffith has revealed something far more fundamental than the fact that acolytes of Pepsi and the CIA will stop at nothing to propagandize on behalf of their employers: he's undermined the myth of the anonymous blogger in the basement.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
08-22-2007 |
Tech
