House Republicans have opened an inquiry into whether the Wikimedia Foundation is doing enough to stop coordinated efforts to manipulate Wikipedia entries on important and sensitive topics to influence U.S. public opinion.
In an Aug. 27 letter to Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander, James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committe, and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), chairwoman of the panel’s Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, requested records on volunteer editors found to have violated site rules and documentation of the foundation’s policies for ensuring neutrality.
