Thread by @BenjaminNorton

Wikipedia is a scam. It's a propaganda vehicle for intelligence agencies, govts, corporations, and PR flacks

This extremely shady "user" Philip Cross edits all day every day, 7 am to 11 pm, posting nonstop pro-war propaganda — including almost every edit on @MaxBlumenthal's page

@MaxBlumenthal This Wikipedia account "Philip Cross" writes pro-war propaganda almost every single day, all day, from 7 am to sometimes midnight

Is it a team of government officials? An intelligence agency? A corporate PR group?

No one knows. And Wikipedia doesn't care
mintpressnews.com/phillip-cross-…

@MaxBlumenthal False, Wikipedia is not "community created." That's the fake libertarian myth used to market this propaganda scam

80% of content on Wikipedia is generated by 1% of its users

It's a PR operation exploited by states and corporations
inverse.com/article/38302-…

https://twitter.com/ozgurzeren/status/1227723040047476736

@MaxBlumenthal It has been known for well over a decade (this report is from 2007) that Wikipedia is heavily edited by corporations and governments and PR flacks they hire to spread propaganda

Enough with this absurd techno-"libertarian" nonsense. It was always a scam
nytimes.com/2007/08/19/tec…

@MaxBlumenthal Corporations pay PR flacks to write propaganda on Wikipedia all the time

Wikipedia claims to oppose this, but does little to nothing to actually stop it

This is the reality of these "libertarian" projects: government/corporate-controlled monopolies
huffpost.com/entry/wikipedi…