EXCLUSIVE — Congressional committees headed by Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Nancy Mace (R-SC) are demanding information from the Wikimedia Foundation about the efforts of “foreign operations and individuals at academic institutions subsidized by U.S. taxpayer dollars” to “manipulate” information on Wikipedia and shape American public opinion, according to a letter obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner.
Comer and Mace charge that there have been “systematic” operations undertaken to “advance antisemitic and anti-Israel information in Wikipedia articles,” as well as a coordinated effort on the part of a “hostile nation-state actor” to flood Wikipedia with pro-Russian and anti-Western messaging through Wikipedia edits. The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, led by Comer and Mace, respectively, are
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