A wide range of anonymous X (Twitter) users have reported that their real names are suddenly being Googled in Israel shortly after they began criticizing the country for its actions in Palestine. Some connected the phenomenon to Au10tix, the software X requires users (even anonymous ones) to use in order to verify their real identities. Au10tix is an Israeli company founded and staffed by former Israeli spies from the elite Israeli military intelligence group Unit 8200., AI, Elon Musk, Israeli Spies, Pegasus, Twitter, UNIT 8200, X,
I have brought NPOV back to several pages that clearly had been polished up by marketing firms. Thankless work, but always rewarding to destroy some astroturfing company’s work
It wildly depends on the articles/topic, but yes, it’s generally not trustworthy. Especially anything politics or corporate, but sometimes articles on objective topics can have issues.
Said someone who’s never tried to edit an article.
I tried to edit an article that contained blatant falsehood, my change instantly got reverted, I got banned, and a group of editors tried to dox me. You’re right that they watch it like a hawk, but only to make sure nobody corrects their bullshit.
@dessalines weird to see their Wikipedia page reads like an ad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AU10TIX
Where is your NPOV now NATOpedia?
Good excuse to get editing :)
I have brought NPOV back to several pages that clearly had been polished up by marketing firms. Thankless work, but always rewarding to destroy some astroturfing company’s work
Even on Lemmy people think Wikipedia isn’t shit.
It can’t be trusted.
It wildly depends on the articles/topic, but yes, it’s generally not trustworthy. Especially anything politics or corporate, but sometimes articles on objective topics can have issues.
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That’s garbage.
There have been plenty instances where articles were manipulated.
I tried to edit an article that contained blatant falsehood, my change instantly got reverted, I got banned, and a group of editors tried to dox me. You’re right that they watch it like a hawk, but only to make sure nobody corrects their bullshit.