Just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke in Rajya Sabha, a disturbing fact came to the fore. Akhilesh Mishra, the CEO of Bluekraft Digital Foundation took to Twitter to expose a problematic edit to the Wikipedia page of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Wikipedia profile of user Jonmaxras That Jonmaxras claims to be interested in US politics of the ‘far-right’, is …
The Wikimedia Foundation on Tuesday unveiled a Universal Code of Conduct to tackle harassment, abuse, and misinformation on Wikipedia, the global online encyclopedia. “Our new universal code of conduct creates binding standards to elevate conduct on the Wikimedia projects, and empower our communities to address harassment and negative behaviour across the Wikimedia movement,” Katherine Maher, CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation …
Wikipedia has introduced a first-of-its-kind Universal Code of Conduct that expands on the project’s existing policies to create a global set of community standards for addressing negative behaviour and harassment on the site. Launched by the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that administers Wikipedia, the code’s standards include clearly defining acceptable behaviour; delinating harassment on and off the projects for all …
Wikipedia on Tuesday introduced a new global code of conduct to address the criticism around harassment and lack of diversity as well as pressure on internet platforms to curb misinformation. "There’s been a process of change throughout the communities,” Katherine Maher, the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation told Reuters. The new code of conduct bans harassment on and off …