Wikipedia in Arabic: A hotbed for bigotry, misinformation, and bias - investigative report

Wikipedia in Arabic : A hotbed for bigotry, misinformation, and bias - investigative report.

Disinformation, generalizations, and outright lies are allowed to go unchecked on the free encyclopedia's Arabic version.

The Jerusalem Post conducted a series of investigations and interviews, identifying quirks and issues both on the content and the operative level.

Wikipedia Arabic language editors' club is heavily restricted by the inner measures of Wikipedia 's Arabic language editing community.

The October 7 Massacre appears under Hamas 's given name ( Toufan Al-Aqsa ), which provided alleged "contextualization" and justifications for the massacre.

An entry titled "The Arabness of Jerusalem through the ages " claims that Jerusalem was established by the "Arab Jebusites ," accusing King David of "occupying the city from the Canaanites ".

Anti-Israel bias on Wikipedia is "clear infringement of Wikipedia 's neutrality principle," says Dr. Shlomit Aharoni Lir .

The Foundation could implement AI tools to monitor bias, but unfortunately, they are unwilling to hear anything about it, he says.

The next big challenge will also involve AI and language models that will train them, he adds.