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- politics@lemmy.world
Summary
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, plans to use facial recognition and hacked data to identify Wikipedia editors it alleges are promoting antisemitism, according to leaked documents.
The group’s proposed tactics include fake accounts and tracking links, raising privacy concerns among Wikipedia contributors.
This effort, part of Heritage’s Project Esther, follows controversies over Wikipedia’s handling of Israel-related topics, such as labeling the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) “unreliable.”
Critics warn this campaign to target editors could violate Wikipedia’s rules and escalate tensions over bias accusations.
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The Heritage address in Washington DC is extremely easy to look up. I would post it here, but someone would probably ban me for doing unto them what they would do unto us. Still the opportunity to get them before they get you exists.
Lemmy has practically zero moderation. People have been calling for the deaths of CEOs for weeks with no consequences.
That’s not specific actionable data. I have already been permabanned from reddit for my anti-Nazi views. Rather not risk it.
Thanks for the warning.
Mostly CEOs who are actually dangerous or otherwise malicious. Im pretty sure most of Lemmy would completely skip over Gabe Newell even if he is a billionaire simply cause he is the good one and valve’s business practices have been pretty good for going on 20 years now.
Cool people, you say?
That sounds like a threat to create fear or “terror” towards Wikipedia editors. The heritage foundation are treating closely to looking and acting like terrorists.
The heritage foundation are
treating closely to looking and acting liketerrorists.
Wikipedia is probably the only thing that has survived rounds and rounds of enshitification. Of course they want to destroy it. The fucks are psychopathic, and seriously, if Wikipedia caves I will probably be radicalized.
THIS is the line for you? In spite of everything else?
Not everyone wants to feel like they need to take violent extremist action to fight back against them. What actions have you taken to fight back?
Where did you get violent extremism from? That’s not radicalization. Though some people who are radicalized choose to incorporate violence as part of direct action it is extremely rare.
Do some mutual aid for starters. (This is what I’ve done, among other things, i will not elaborate.)
If you want to fight back on this particular issue and have tech skills you can run counter-intel and expose fashy heritage foundation boys or you could do other methods like decoy or feed false identifying info.
I’m happy anyone gets motivated to take action. Just a little surprised that it startes with wikipedia editors and not, just for example, palestine or women’s bodily autonomy.
Where did you get violent extremism from?
Wikipedia for radicalization
Cool, you failed to read the second sentence. That article on mutual aid is fucking insane and paints an idiotic picture on mutual aide. The taliban and religious charity are simply not mutual aid groups, what the fuck. Whole page feels like it was written by a fox news intern…
I’ll give ya so much as we have two interpretations i guess. Mine aligned better with the article on “Radical Politics”.
Anyone reading in the future just note the timestamp.
F the Heritage foundation. Just another conservative propaganda machine that twists objective fact to support conclusions or starts with conclusions and eliminates contrary data or nuance until they get what they want.
This is just more Y’all Qaeda sharia law trying to create their own alternative facts and control the narrative.
What are the names and addresses of the people who are saying they’re going to do that?
Maybe I am naive, or was too hopeful, but considering how astroturfed all platforms are by nation states and other bad actors, I only now realized Wikipedia could be extremely compromised due to their inability to withstand such attacks. The internet is over.
It’s like George Orwell was a prophet.
He was a (recent) historian… 1984 was modeled on the Soviet Union and nazism.
Opsec is more important than ever. Gangs-talking is real.
Maybe it’s time for a Fedopedia?
Anyone has an update on the ANI vs Wikimedia legal thats ongoing in India, because the heritage foundation is just throwong around a threat, that Indian judge might actually do it.
