Wikipedia
07/18/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Lawmaker: Google should be liable for false information found in Wikipedia text boxes presented alongside search results
In an effort to combat “fake news,” search engine giant Google, as well as its subsidiary YouTube, is revamping its website platform to include small “truth” boxes that contain information pulled from Wikipedia – the presumption being that Wikipedia is an accurate fact-checking source. But it certainly isn’t, and at least one legislator is raising […]
03/10/2017
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By Thomas Dishaw
Wikipedia has become a dangerous platform for medical disinformation and propaganda
While Wikipedia may seem like a useful site if you need quick information at hand for trivial topics like the average population of Kazakhstan, its reliability and validity have long been questioned by professors, intellectuals and even the media. One reason for this distrust is the fact that quite a bit of the information on […]
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