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Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger. (Screenshot via CBN/YouTube)
July 1, 2026, 6:03 pm
Wikipedia ban on co-founder highlights disputes over alleged leftist, anti-Israel bias
Larry Sanger barred from editing on procedural grounds after pushing for ideological diversity, saying pro-Israel, Christian, Hindu and conservative voices disfavored on global platform
By Luke Tress
An illustrative image of a person looking at Wikipedia on their phone. (iStock/pressureUA)
March 24, 2026, 8:01 pm
Arabic-language Wikipedia filled with terrorist propaganda, bias – report
Up to 50% of citations in some articles about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict come from messaging put out by Hamas, Hezbollah and other terror groups, World Jewish Congress says
By Zev Stub
Jimmy Wales, founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, poses for a portrait in London on January 13, 2021. (Daniel LEAL / AFP)
November 4, 2025, 4:33 pm
Wikipedia co-founder says page on ‘Gaza genocide’ locked due to anti-Israel bias
Jimmy Wales notes that claim Israel committing genocide is ‘highly contested,’ and says article in question is ‘particularly egregious example’ of non-neutral content on site
By Amy Spiro
An illustrative image of a person looking at Wikipedia on their phone. (iStock/pressureUA)
March 18, 2025, 2:28 pm
ADL: Anti-Israel Wikipedia editors colluding in anti-Israel bias on site
At least 30 Wikipedia editors work together to inject the online encyclopedia with misinformation bias, watchdog claims
By Zev Stub
An illustrative image of a person looking at Wikipedia on their phone. (iStock/pressureUA)
February 1, 2025, 1:23 am
Edit wars over Israel spur rare ban of 8 Wikipedia editors — from both sides
Case emerged amid allegations of widespread anti-Israel bias that have cast doubt on the open-source encyclopedia’s credibility and dovetailed with claims it has a liberal skew
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Screen capture of the Wikipedia page about the Anti-Defamation League, June 26, 2024. (Wikipedia; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 26, 2024, 9:27 am
Wikipedia rebuffs Jewish groups’ call to override editors’ move against ADL
Charitable foundation that operates website says those who requested reversing downgrade of Ant-Defamation League’s reliability don’t understand how online encyclopedia works
By JTA
The Wikipedia logo is seen on a tablet screen in Paris on December 4, 2012. (AFP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure)
June 19, 2024, 6:40 am
Wikipedia moves to bar ADL, claiming reliability concerns on Israel and antisemitim
Editor who initiated deliberation that ultimately led to ban on using the Jewish group as a source accuses it of ‘shameless politicization,’ while only a small minority defend it
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The Wikipedia page about the Holocaust in Poland. (JTA illustration)
May 23, 2023, 3:10 am
Wikipedia bans editors but sidesteps broader action in Holocaust distortion row
Online encyclopedia bars 3 editors from working on articles related to Holocaust in Poland, but avoids stance on underlying dispute over Polish antisemitism and complicity
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
An academic paper found that a dedicated group has for some 15 years manipulated Wikipedia in ways that lay blame for the Holocaust on Jews and absolve Poland of almost any responsibility for its record of antisemitism. (JTA illustration)
March 2, 2023, 6:56 pm
Wikipedia’s ‘Supreme Court’ tackles alleged conspiracy to distort Holocaust articles
For the first time in its nearly 20 years, the online encyclopedia’s arbitration committee voluntarily takes up a case amid claims some editors are whitewashing Polish history
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
A computer screen displays a notice blocking the Wikipedia website through an online news site in Islamabad, Pakistan, Feb. 6, 2023 (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
February 7, 2023, 11:11 am
Wikipedia back online in Pakistan after block over ‘blasphemous content’
No comment from Wikimedia Foundation as to whether it removed any material, but it previously said it doesn’t make decisions about what is posted
By AFP
In this Wednesday, January 18, 2012 file photo, a blackout landing page is displayed on a laptop computer screen inside the 'Anti-Sopa War Room' at the offices of the Wikipedia Foundation in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
January 6, 2023, 12:13 pm
Wikimedia disputes activist claims of Saudi ‘infiltration’
Two groups had alleged that the philanthropy, which runs Wikipedia, had found that Riyadh officials infiltrated ‘the highest ranks’ of its team in the region
By AFP
In this Wednesday, January 18, 2012 file photo, a blackout landing page is displayed on a laptop computer screen inside the 'Anti-Sopa War Room' at the offices of the Wikipedia Foundation in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
January 5, 2023, 10:46 pm
Activists say Saudi government ‘infiltrated’ Wikipedia, jailed two admins
Rights groups claim 2 high-ranking volunteers arrested in 2020 were sentenced to prison by kingdom, which undertook ‘coordinated’ PR campaign on platform
By AFP
Author Isaac Bashevis Singer poses for a portrait outside the S. Rabinowitz Hebrew Book Store on New York's Lower East Side in 1968. (David Attie/Getty Images/ via JTA/ SUE)
June 9, 2021, 10:25 pm
How Wikipedia warriors made ‘Polish writer’ Isaac Bashevis Singer Jewish again
It takes a global village to unerase the great Yiddish-language writer’s religious/ethnic identity on the ‘democratized’ online encyclopedia
By Asaf Shalev
Wikipedia logo alongside the logo for Percepto (Composite image by Times of Israel)
November 1, 2020, 5:08 am
Wikipedia probe exposes an Israeli stealth PR firm that worked for scammers
Shining rare spotlight on murky business of online reputation management, Wikipedia editor points finger at Percepto – an Israeli firm that helps wealthy clients bury dubious pasts
By Simona Weinglass
Screen capture of the homepage from the online encyclopedia website, Wikipedia. (Wikipedia)
January 15, 2020, 8:26 pm
Turkey lifts 2017 ban on Wikipedia
Country was the only one in world apart from China to entirely block access to online encyclopedia
By AFP
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