Part 7/13:
Censorship and Control: China's Role in Wikipedia's Content
Adding to concerns, Wikipedia’s reliability is compromised by external censorship, notably in China. Chinese censors manipulate Wikipedia’s content to omit or alter information, particularly regarding authoritarian leaders like Raul Castro or Ayatollah Khomeini, and to propagate state-approved narratives. Articles on sensitive topics—such as the COVID-19 lab leak hypothesis—are sanitized, promoting the official line that there’s no evidence supporting such theories.