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Keeping Track of Government Edits on Wikipedia - Magda Hassan - 06-01-2015

You might find these useful. There are bots which keep track of Wikipedia edits from government computers. It is interesting to see what they are wanting to change.

https://twitter.com/congressedits

https://twitter.com/WhitehallEdits

https://twitter.com/parliamentedits


Keeping Track of Government Edits on Wikipedia - Peter Lemkin - 06-01-2015

I looked at some of them and they were what I'd expect..such as on the CIA Torture Program...but this one is strange.....

Quote:William Shatner Wikipedia article edited anonymously from US Senate
:Ufo: Scotty, beam me out of here!

Not only do they want to tamper with the Truth, but apparently with fiction. Is this what we pay out tax money for?!


Keeping Track of Government Edits on Wikipedia - Magda Hassan - 06-01-2015

Yeah, it's quite an eye opener what they do.