London PR Firm Rewrites Wikipedia for Governments and Billionaires
A recent story by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveals that a communications firm in London paid an editor to launder Wikipedia pages for high-profile clients.
Senior researcher Alberto Fittarelli speaks with the Bureau, explaining that “influence operators are attracted to Wikipedia because it is a means of shaping perceptions in large populations.”
Blatant changes are easily identified, but “small Wikipedia edits punch above their weight,” says Fittarelli. “These kinds of edits make narratives seem credible precisely because they are hardly noticeable. Once that enters the information stream, it becomes really hard to claw it back.”
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