Friday, March 13, 2015

Is the New York Police Department Editing Controversial Wikipedia Pages?

A story originally appearing in Captial New York and reposted in theverge.com explores the possibility that Wikipedia pages about Eric Garner and Amadou Diallo were "edited" by computers based in the NYPD's headquarters.

One can only hope the allegations are unfounded. The notion of a local police force manipulating open sources of information is profoundly troubling for most people. Well, Rudy Giuliani might be an exception.

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