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VIRTUALISATION Wikipedia a moveable feast of facts unmasked
VIRTUALISATION Wikipedia a moveable feast of facts unmasked | Wikipedia a moveable feast of facts unmasked |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Sunday, 19 August 2007 | |
  
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Griffith admits that the Wikipedia Scanner was developed to fulfill his desire to "create minor public relations disasters for companies and organizations I dislike" and "to see what "interesting organizations" (which I am neutral toward), are up to." If nothing else, Wikipedia Scanner provides a fascinating insight into the lengths to which organizations will go in order to obliterate potentially damaging commentary about them. It also shows what some organizations are prepared to do in order to fabricate history. While Griffith is reluctant to name instances of organizations who have been guilty of accessing Wiki pages written about them by others and embellishing the facts, he does provide a comprehensive list of links to interesting Wiki edits made by some of his "favorite" targets. Some his corporate favorites include Diebold, Amgen, Pfizer, Wal-Mart Stores, ExxonMobil and Raytheon. Griffith also has links to the National Rifle Association, American Civil Liberties Union, Rand Corporation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and a number of US Federal Government agencies, including the CIA. |
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