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Court summons Wiki users who edited ANI page

The Delhi high court on Thursday issued summons to users accused of adding “defamatory” statements about news agency Asia News International on its Wikipedia page. A bench of justice Subramonium Prasad passed the order taking note of a division bench’s November 11 order allowing the platform to serve summons to the users without disclosing their identity publicly. While one is …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Defamation Suit: Delhi High Court Issues Summons To Users Who 'Edited' ANI's Wikipedia Page

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued summons to three individuals who allegedly edited the Wikipedia page of news agency Asian News International. Earlier this week, a division bench had disposed of Wikipedia's appeal against the single judge's order, directing it to disclose subscriber details of three individuals, following a consent order between it and ANI. List the application under …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

ANI Defamation Suit: Delhi HC Closes Wikipedia's Appeal Following Consent Order, Allows It To Serve Summons To Users Who 'Edited' ANI Page

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Monday closed an appeal filed by Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia platform, against a single judge bench's order directing it to disclose subscriber details of three individuals who edited Asian News International Wikipedia page.This was after both the parties entered into a consent order and resolved the matter.A division bench. The Delhi High Court on …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

No notice received from Indian government, says Wikimedia Foundation

The Hindu

The Wikimedia Foundation has not received any notice from the Indian government on its content, a spokesperson for the non-profit said on Thursday. The government’s alleged notice was described as calling out a “small group having editorial control,” an apparent reference to regular Wikipedia contributors being able to lock down a page to prevent vandalism by only allowing other regular …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

On ANI’s defamation suit against Wikipedia | Explained

The Hindu

The story so far: The news agency ANI sued Wikipedia parent Wikimedia Foundation last month for defamation, due to a description of the news agency as a propagator of government propaganda on the website. Last week, a Delhi High Court judge threatened to order the government to block Wikipedia if the Foundation didn’t provide details of the users who made …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump’s felony: A heated debate is happening on the former president’s Wikipedia page.

Slate

At 4:37 p.m. on Thursday, New York Justice Juan Merchan announced to his Manhattan courtroom that the jury had reached a verdict. Half an hour later, a Wikipedia editor revised the first sentence of Trump’s Wikipedia article so that it described the former president as an American politician, media personality, businessman, and “convicted felon.” At press time for this article, …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Perplexity AI adds feature to turn research into AI reports

The Hindu

AI search company Perplexity has launched a new feature called Pages to generates AI-powered summaries of web pages based on user prompts. We’re excited to take it further by launching Pages, best described as “AI Wikipedia.” The effort of analyzing sources and synthesizing a readable page is now possible with a simple “one-click convert.” Given that all these pages are …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Is Google Bard censoring OpIndia? It refuses to summarise OpIndia reports giving various excuses

Op India

On 15th November, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar warned against Search Bias, Algorithmic Bias and AI models with bias while quoting a post by X user Arun Pudur, where Pudur had highlighted how Google Bard was censoring a report by OpIndia. Those who are aggrieved by this can file FIRs against such platforms, and safe harbour/immunity under Sec79 will not apply …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Data | Among languages mostly confined to a State, Tamil leads with 1.5 lakh Wikipedia articles

The Hindu

In India, if we consider non-English language Wikipedia, the highest number of articles are available in Urdu, Hindi and Tamil. Among languages which are mostly confined to a State, Tamil leads by a wide margin, with 1.6 times more articles than the second-best, Marathi, followed by Malayalam and Telugu. Chart 2 | The chart lists the 23 languages spoken in …

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1 year, 9 months ago

DuckDuckGo launches ChatGPT-based search feature to display search results

The Hindu

DuckDuckGo launched a new feature to summarise answers using information from Wikipedia displayed at the top of the web browser’s search results. Called DuckAssist, the feature is now in beta, and uses natural language processing technology from OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google-backed Anthropic to anonymously generate a brief to respond to questions. However, DuckAssist is most likely to appear in searches …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Did Adani systematically manipulate Wikipedia entries?

Live Mint

In a new twist in the Adani-Hindenburg saga, Nate Anderson, founder of the US short-seller group Hindenburg Research tweeted an article by The Signpost, Wikipedia's independent newspaper, which said that Adani Group manipulated Wikipedia entries using sock puppet accounts and paid editors. "Of all things—now the Signpost, Wikipedia's independent newspaper, is out w/ an article showing how Adani systematically manipulated …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan unblocks Wikipedia just days after ban for ‘blasphemous content’

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Access to Wikipedia has been …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Wikimedia Foundation urges Pakistan to restore access to Wikipedia

Live Mint

Wikimedia Foundation, best known as the hosting platform for 'Wikipedia', has urged Pakistan Telecommunications Authority to restore access to Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects in the country. "On Friday, February 3, 2023, Pakistan's Telecommunications Authority blocked Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects. "As of Friday, February 3, our internal traffic reports indicate that Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects are no longer accessible to users …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Wikipedia gets first desktop update after ten years

India TV News

Wikipedia, one of the known free encyclopaedia in the world, has finally received its first update after ten years. The foundation behind Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, Wikimedia unveiled that the first significant upgrade to its desktop interface was made available at a time when English Wikipedia was celebrating its 22nd anniversary. The most recent update has been made available …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Did Saudi govt ‘infiltrate’ Wikipedia to ‘control content’? All you need to know

Live Mint

In 2020, two high-ranking Wikipedia administrators - Osama Khalid and Ziyad al-Sofiani - were charged with "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals." The Wikimedia Foundation has however disputed the activists' report that claims to have found evidence the Saudi Arabian government "infiltrated" its team in the region. But Wikimedia also needs to take responsibility for the fact that its …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Did Saudi government agents infiltrate Wikipedia? What a report says

Hindustan Times

The Saudi Arabian government infiltrated Wikipedia with the aim to control the content on the website, a report said. Saudi Arabia also jailed its two editors of Wikipedia Osama Khalid and Ziyad al-Sofiani for "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals", Democracy for the Arab World Now reported. "The Saudi government's infiltration of Wikipedia with government agents acting as independent …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Saudi Arabia govt agents infiltrated Wikipedia to control content

Op India

On Thursday, January 5, Democracy for the Arab World Now and Social Media Exchange, released an investigative report claiming that Saudi Arabia infiltrated Wikipedia and prosecuted Wikipedia editors who added critical information about the political detainees. Citing an internal investigation conducted in 2022 by Wikimedia, which is the parent company of Wikipedia, the report stated that Wikimedia terminated all of …

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2 years, 2 months ago

The Hunt for Wikipedia's Disinformation Moles

Wired

As social platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have struggled with the onslaught of fake news, disinformation, and bots, Wikipedia has transformed itself into a source of trusted information—not just for its readers but also for other tech platforms. Some researchers believe that Wikipedia could be an overlooked venue for information warfare, and they have been developing technologies and …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Wikipedia restricts page of Indian cricketer who dropped catch against Pakistan amid torrent of abuse

The Independent

Wikipedia has restricted the page of Indian cricketer Arshdeep Singh after users vandalised his page and linked him to a Sikh separatist movement for dropping a catch against rival Pakistan in a match. Singh’s Wikipedia page was edited by an unregistered user who replaced the word “India” with “Khalistan” across the article and changed his name to “Major Arshdeep Singh …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Arshdeep Singh row | Cannot allow deliberate efforts to incitement: IT Minister to Wikipedia

The Hindu

The Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday slammed Wikipedia for allowing “deliberate efforts to incitement” after cricketer Arshdeep Singh’s page on the platform was edited to link him to the Khalistani movement. “No intermediary operating in India can permit this type of misinformation and deliberate efforts to incitement and #userharm - violates our …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Ind vs Pak: Pakistani bots pretending to be Indians abuse Arshdeep as 'Khalistani' on Twitter

Op India

On September 4, India lost a match to Pakistan in Asia Cup by five wickets in Dubai in a neck-to-neck finish. Interestingly, this ‘Arshdeep getting hate for dropping catch’ conspiracy was started and amplified by none other than Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair from India side. Twitter user Anshul Saxena pointed out that Pakistani handles were also running propaganda to …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Elon Musk 'not on Wikipedia' jibe after Twitter user says he's not Tesla founder

Hindustan Times

Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk disagreed with a tweet “reminding” the users that the tech billionaire was not the founder of the automotive and clean energy company. Vaibhav Sisinty, founder and CEO of GrowthSchool, tweeted, “Elon Musk was not the founder of Tesla. A user replied saying Elon Musk invested in a “glorified kitset car manufacturer with unworkable” technology, …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Here’s how Wikipedia plans to tackle misinformation, harassment on its platform

The Hindu

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 …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Google rolls out a new feature that will show description of websites appearing in search results

Firstpost

Users will get a description of the website from Wikipedia that would provide reliable and free information on tons of websites available on the web. Google has rolled out a new feature that tells users more about the websites, which appear on search results. Talking about the new feature Google stated that users would now start seeing a menu icon …

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Court summons Wiki users who edited ANI page

Defamation Suit: Delhi High Court Issues Summons To Users Who 'Edited' ANI's Wikipedia Page

ANI Defamation Suit: Delhi HC Closes Wikipedia's Appeal Following Consent Order, Allows It To Serve Summons To Users Who 'Edited' ANI Page

No notice received from Indian government, says Wikimedia Foundation

On ANI’s defamation suit against Wikipedia | Explained

Donald Trump’s felony: A heated debate is happening on the former president’s Wikipedia page.

Perplexity AI adds feature to turn research into AI reports

Is Google Bard censoring OpIndia? It refuses to summarise OpIndia reports giving various excuses

Data | Among languages mostly confined to a State, Tamil leads with 1.5 lakh Wikipedia articles

DuckDuckGo launches ChatGPT-based search feature to display search results

Did Adani systematically manipulate Wikipedia entries?

Pakistan unblocks Wikipedia just days after ban for ‘blasphemous content’

Wikimedia Foundation urges Pakistan to restore access to Wikipedia

Wikipedia gets first desktop update after ten years

Did Saudi govt ‘infiltrate’ Wikipedia to ‘control content’? All you need to know

Did Saudi government agents infiltrate Wikipedia? What a report says

Saudi Arabia govt agents infiltrated Wikipedia to control content

The Hunt for Wikipedia's Disinformation Moles

Wikipedia restricts page of Indian cricketer who dropped catch against Pakistan amid torrent of abuse

Arshdeep Singh row | Cannot allow deliberate efforts to incitement: IT Minister to Wikipedia

Ind vs Pak: Pakistani bots pretending to be Indians abuse Arshdeep as 'Khalistani' on Twitter

Elon Musk 'not on Wikipedia' jibe after Twitter user says he's not Tesla founder

Here’s how Wikipedia plans to tackle misinformation, harassment on its platform

Google rolls out a new feature that will show description of websites appearing in search results