Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader shares a The Next Web report: If recklessly clicking through hundreds of Wikipedia entries at a time no longer does it for you, Wikiverse is about to become your new favorite way of browsing the internet’s richest encyclopedia. Buil… Continue reading Wikiverse Turns Wikipedia Into a Marvelous Galaxy of Knowledge
The company says it only uses Wikipedia as a secondary source. Continue reading Thomson Reuters’ Terrorism Database Cites Wikipedia as a Source
In an interview, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales backed the principle of Net neutrality, but added that enabling poor people to access the Internet is equally important. Wales also defended Wikipedia Zero, a project that aims to provide select services f… Continue reading Net Neutrality Is Complicated: Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales
In Data and Goliath, I talk about the self-censorship that comes along with broad surveillance. This interesting research documents this phenomenon in Wikipedia: "Chilling Effects: Online Surveillance and Wikipedia Use," by Jon Penney, Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 2016. Abstract: This article discusses the results of the first empirical study providing evidence of regulatory "chilling effects" of Wikipedia users associated with… Continue reading Documenting the Chilling Effects of NSA Surveillance
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This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Location Data on Social Media Apps can Disclose Identity of Anonymous Users
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An anonymous editor sent Wikipedia some handwritten corrections. Continue reading A ‘Manson Family’ Murderer May Be Trying to Edit His Wikipedia Page from Prison
Angolans have found a clever way to share files using Wikipedia Zero and Facebook’s Free Basics, but what happens to the existing Wikipedia community? Continue reading Angola’s Wikipedia Pirates Are Exposing the Problems With Digital Colonialism