Congressional Wikipedia Users Make the Darndest Edits

A Twitter bot that watches for anonymous Wikipedia edits from a range of Congressional IP addresses lit up with activity on Monday as somebody — we don’t know who — made unusual changes to 13 wide-ranging Wikipedia articles.

The article topics range from Choco Taco to the Russia Today journalist Abby Martin to the right-wing radio host Alex Jones. All were lightly altered to praise or denigrate the subject.

In at least one case, the Wikipedia entry for Crimea, the anonymous Congressional operative made a geopolitical clarification that fits the U.S./Ukraine viewpoint on Russia’s conflict with Ukraine. Read more...

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