The escalating attacks on Wikipedia from Elon Musk and other powerful figures on the American right follow a familiar pattern. First come the claims of bias, supported by cherry-picked or misrepresented examples. Then the demands for “balance”, which in practice mean giving equal weight to fringe views or demonstrably false claims. When these demands are refused, the attacks shift to the platform’s legitimacy itself: its funding, its governance, its leaders, and its very right to exist as an independent entity.
Molly White schreibt über Elon Musks Kreuzzug gegen Wikipedia, nimmt die Argumente von Musk und anderen rechten Trollen ernster, als sie es verdienen, und verteidigt Wikipedia dagegen, inklusive Einblicken in die internen Diskussionen und Kritik aus der Community selbst.