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Delhi High Court rejects Wikipedia’s “just an intermediary” defence for defamatory content, holds it liable for ANI page content

OpIndia Staff - 5 April, 2025

The order was passed by Justice Subramonium Prasad in response to a plea filed by ANI Media Pvt Ltd, saying that its Wikipedia page hosted on the platform contains false and defamatory content damaging its reputation.

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Wikipedia co-founder asks Donald Trump and Elon Musk to investigate how deep state manipulated the platform: Read why Wikipedia isn’t free or fair

Rukma Rathore - 27 February, 2025

Elon Musk has repeatedly proposed $1 billion to "Wikipedia" to change its name to "Dickipedia," on X.

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Maharashtra: CM Devendra Fadnavis directs cyber cell to contact Wikipedia over objectionable content against Sambhaji Maharaj

ANI - 18 February, 2025

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday directed the cyber cell in the state to contact Wikipedia to remove the objectionable content against SambhaJi Maharaj.

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Wikipedia refuses to delete page on Fatima Sheikh after Dilip Mandal said that she is a fictional character, the author-activist gives more evidence on...

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2025

While a Wikipedia page on Fatima Sheikh was proposed to be deleted after Dilip Mandal said that she didn't exist, the proposal was rejected

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Wikipedia works as a tool for propaganda: Read how ex-CEO of Wikimedia Foundation conceded that information on ‘the free encyclopedia’ is not based on...

Dibakar Dutta - 1 January, 2025

During a TED talk in August 2021, Katherine Maher revealed that the information disseminated through Wikipedia is not based on truth. She even dubbed truth as a 'distraction.'

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Sambhal: Wikipedia claims ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans led to violence, uses The Wire’s op-ed to support claim; later removes the link

OpIndia Staff - 3 December, 2024

Wikipedia's Sambhal violence coverage has come under fire for bias, false claims about ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans, and questionable fact-checks, sparking criticism of its neutrality and reliability.

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How Wikimedia Foundation makes editorial decisions for Wikipedia, censors dissenting admins and engages in favouritism

Dibakar Dutta - 18 November, 2024

According to Pirate Wires, 'The Movement Strategy' was launched in 2017 to veer Wikipedia into a 'hyper-centralised space of top-down justice activism and advocacy' by 2030.

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As Modi govt issues notice to Wikipedia, here are 6 problematic things OpIndia found about the ‘free encyclopedia’ in our dossier

OpIndia Staff - 5 November, 2024

While Wikipedia claims that everyone is free to edit, the truth is that there are only a handful of people who have the ultimate say in what content is added and what isn’t.

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Govt asks Wikipedia why it shouldn’t be considered a publisher: Read what it means and how OpIndia dossier had highlighted this aspect

Shraddha Pandey - 5 November, 2024

The government pointed out that a select editorial group has control and also questioned why Wikipedia should not be treated as a publisher, a demand OpIndia raised recently.

How Wikipedia editors are whitewashing terrorism of Hamas and Hezbollah, peddling their lies and demonising Israel in a planned manner

OpIndia Staff - 25 October, 2024

According to Pirate Wires, the Wikipedia editors avoided detection by working on articles in small groups and aiding one another in case of pushback from editors not associated with 'Tech for Palestine'.

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