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| DATE | 2024-10-20 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Wikipediea Anti-Semetism throughout the project
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I've long known that Wikipedea is submerged and soaked in anti-semetism.
The rules for editing wikipedea have been compromised by the billions of
Islamic-Facists world wide. Now it has started to make news but nothing
will change. It is a mirror of the real world.
https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/wikipedia-entries-show-anti-israel-bias-says-wjc
World Jewish Congress
World Jewish Congress
4–5 minutes
GENEVA – In the aftermath of October 7, the English-language version of
Wikipedia contains an anti-Israel bias that perpetuates disinformation
and promotes negative stereotypes, according to a World Jewish Congress
report issued today on the sidelines of the ongoing session of the UN
Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The bias takes myriad forms, appearing in terminology, framing and lack
of context, one-sided sources and critical omissions, among other
occurrences, in articles on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to
the WJC report.
For instance, biased articles may promote the demonization or
delegitimization of Israel; avoid mentioning terrorism and other
tangible threats faced by Israel; and lack critical Israeli voices,
researchers and facts that may support Israel's rationale for its
policies, the report states.
“We must act now, together, with our unwavering support for Israel,”
said Manuel Valls, former French Prime Minister, who delivered the
keynote address at Tuesday’s WJC event about the crowd-sourced, online
encyclopedia. He pointed specifically to online social networks as a
source of “dangerous misinformation” and said he would “be carefully
following the findings of [the] report on antisemitic bias in
Wikipedia.”
More than a dozen governments co-sponsored the event.
The WJC report also recommends corrective measures to re-establish the
neutrality of the platform, such as the development of best practices to
ensure neutral content curation and the regular publication of
transparency reports to uphold neutrality and accountability, said
author Dr. Shlomit Aharoni Lir, Ph.D., senior fellow researcher at Bar
Ilan University and the University of Haifa.
She pointed to several larger factors further complicating Wikipedia’s
bias, including bullying behavior, editorial wars and the issue of
anonymity.
Wikipedia’s vast influence and reach has made the lack of neutrality
even more alarming, Lir said. “The platform, a source of knowledge for
many people around the globe, is readily available to anyone with an
internet connection,” she said.
Yfat Barak-Cheney, WJC Director of International Affairs and Human
Rights, said the report also “represents a broader call to action for
legislators, regulators and users to notice bias and the subsequent ill
effects created through a wide range of internet platforms beyond social
media.”
The WJC analysis was based on research, content analysis and interviews
with Wikipedia volunteer editors who are Israeli.
The report’s release is a component of a six-week WJC campaign focusing
on the United Nations in both Geneva and New York. During its previous
session, which concluded Oct. 13, the Human Rights Council failed to
condemn the terror attacks carried out by Hamas.
The WJC campaign also featured a meeting between Volker Türk, UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, and former Israeli hostages whose family
members are still being held captive. WJC Executive Vice President Maram
Stern also engaged in a diplomatic marathon for the immediate and
unconditional release of the hostages, accountability for terrorism and
remedies for the rise of antisemitism in the wake of Oct. 7. Separately,
esteemed panelists including Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy, who established
the Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes Committed by Hamas Against
Women and Children, spoke last week in New York City at a WJC event,
“Elevating Women in Foreign Affairs and National Security,” held in
connection with the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women.
In October 2023, WJC issued the report “A Flood of Hate: How Hamas
Fueled the Adversarial Information Ecosystem on Social Media,” which
examines the flow of hatred from fringe platforms such as Telegram and
Gabs into mainstream social media avenues.
A recording of Tuesday’s event can be viewed here.
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