Cenk Uygur
@TheYoungTurks·6.5M subscribers·72.8K videos
Rogue Editors Are Blackmailing People’s Wikipedia Pages
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September 27, 2015
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September 27, 2015
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5:23Now PlayingWikipedia has been rocked by “rogue editors” that are blackmailing certain people in order to make changes to their pages on the website. Wikipedia is taking action. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss. What other kinds of online scams scare you guys the most? Let us know in the comments.
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"Hundreds of small British businesses and minor celebrities have been targeted by a sophisticated blackmail scam orchestrated by “rogue editors” at Wikipedia, The Independent can reveal.
The victims, who range from a wedding photographer in Dorset to a high-end jewelry shop in Shoreditch, east London, faced demands for hundreds of pounds to “protect” or update Wikipedia pages about their businesses. A former Britain’s Got Talent contestant was among dozens of individuals targeted.
Wikipedia has taken action against what it described as the “co-ordinated group” of fraudsters by blocking 381 accounts. An investigation had found that the accounts were controlled by Wikipedia users offering to change articles about companies and private individuals in exchange for payment."*
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