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On one hand, some shady Wikipedia vigilante. On the other, a bunch of Russia-backed war crime deniers. Quite a moral dilemma!
by varjag 8y ago
On one hand, some shady Wikipedia vigilante. On the other, a bunch of Russia-backed war crime deniers. Quite a moral dilemma!
- dredmorbius 8y agoSorry, could you unpack and clarify that?
- varjag 8y agoFrom the fine article: > Tim Hayward is one of the group of academics (his colleague Paul McKeigue is another) who set up the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media – or if you prefer the Times description, Apologists for Assad. The group’s questioning over whether it could be definitively concluded that the Syrian regime was responsible for the Ghouta chemical attack last month (they have also queried the Novichok attack of the Skripals) is apparently what provoked their pillorying in the Thunderer. > The RT piece opens with: A mystery online figure called Philip Cross is targeting anti-war and non-mainstream UK figures by prolifically editing their Wikipedia pages – to the point that George Galloway is offering a reward to see him unmasked.