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US attorney for DC accuses Wikipedia of ‘propaganda’, threatens non-profit status
(www.nzherald.co.nz)
Facts and truth are now propaganda....smells like FASCISM.
this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2025
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Show me the exact article that is propaganda, and why
Obviously you'll have to add citations on your end to show why exactly it would be propaganda and oh yeah,there is the issue
Wikipedia isn't bad because it's propaganda, Wikipedia is bad because it's not propaganda
Why do that when they can lie through their teeth to just get it shut down altogether?
Remember: "'Meet me in the middle,' says the unjust man. You take a step forward, he takes a step back. 'Meet me in the middle,' says the unjust man."
There is no arguing sense and logic with these people. Their goal is to make you suffer. Nothing else.
Show me the exact article that is propaganda, and why
Here's Pulitzer prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald giving you a few examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKwAJG1O8fE
Here's Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger arguing why Wikipedia is the “Most Biased Encyclopedia in History": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR6dO8U8okk
However, there is no reason to trust that the Trump administration has any good intentions behind their current attack on Wikipedia. My suspicion is that they want even more control and propaganda - just in their favor.
donate to wikipedia
Been doing so for years, wouldn't have gotten a degree without them so it's only fair.
Some of the contentions in Martin’s letter echoed a report published in March by the Anti-Defamation League, a leading Jewish civil rights organisation, alleging “widespread anti-semitic and anti-Israel bias on Wikipedia”.
What a fucking surprise 🙄 Facts are antisemitic now.
Anti-Israel, anti-fascist, anti-apartheid, pro-Palestine != anti-semitic.
The ADL can go fuck themselves for propagating otherwise.
Every accusation is a confession
And of course, this is all about people pushing zionist land theft. If they arent busy beating students, buying politicians, and threatening universities, they are trying to literally rewrite history and limit everyones access to information they dont agree with. And they somehow think there will never be any blowback for any of this behavior. They really do literally think we are all sheep.
The fucknut Martin is working for Leon Hitler.
No surprise there - Republicans have hated Wikipedia pretty much from the start, since they require valid attribution and constantly fact check, which means the Republicans can't spin their lies.
Fortunately whatever happens, wiki is downloaded all over the world. If they try to “regulate” or shut it down, it will just pop up abroad.
You cannot suppress open source info.
The tricky bit is that Wikipedia is a "living" document, constantly being updated and refined by a huge community of dedicated editors, and you can't download the community and pop up a new one overnight. AI isn't that good yet.
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Then move the foundation to the EU and tell him to pound sand
Any source of factual information to the public is a threat to an authoritarian regime
Hopefully sites like Wikipedia and Internet Archive already have backup sites not located in the US.
You can download the entire thing. Anyone can. I have a copy from earlier this year.
Use Kiwix if you want to use it offline.
How big of a hard drive do you need to download the entire wiki site?
There are several options, like with pictures or not. I think the complete archive is about 110 GB, but see for yourself.
That's just a thumb drive now. Worth it to preserve knowledge. I know what I'm doing later.
unzipping?
So use 2TB external or NAS to unpack. Preserve it first before these shitheads blow it up.
Taking a shit on next door's lawn.
would it be better to find a torrent so I can share to others who need it?
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