US Spies Have Been Manipulating Wikipedia For Over A Decade

The co-founder of Wikipedia recently made a stunning revelation regarding persistent suspicions of US intelligence meddling and manipulation on the famous collaborative online encyclopedia. Larry Sanger, the site's co-creator, discussed the well-known "information warfare" tactics employed by US intelligence in an interview with journalist Glenn Greenwald on his "System Update" podcast. According to Sanger, these efforts have, to some extent, turned Wikipedia into a tool of "control" for the left-liberal Washington deep state.

There have been observers who closely monitored and documented the US government's engagement with major social media platforms and Wikipedia. Some of these observers commented, "the CIA is running Wikipedia, Wow, what a shocker." During Greenwald's show, Sanger stated, "We do have evidence that, as early as 2008, that CIA and FBI computers were used to edit Wikipedia," and then asked, "Do you think that they stopped doing that back then?"

Sanger provi...