Political tampering on Wikipedia is hardly, though, the privy of the Left. In February, the website’s co-founder Larry Sanger called for an investigation into government editing and urged Musk and President Trump to investigate whether federal employees were using taxpayer funds to edit content. Surely, he argued, this was a waste of public money (Musk was still head of Doge at the time). But it was, primarily, an acknowledgement of Wikipedia’s status as a political lobbying tool. Indeed, many political PR operations require a deft knowledge of the website’s inner workings – a sign that despite its waning star, it’s still incredibly relevant.
Is Wikipedia in trouble? | The Standard
