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Comment on Epstein details scrubbed from Mandelson’s Wikipedia page by shady paid editor— As the then-ambassador came under fire, an anonymous user tried to downplay his history of support for Jeffrey Epstein

driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Wait, so this editor made paid edits without disclosure and was not banned on the spot? And then it came back to add more edits? At least its banned now, right?

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stankmut@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It doesn’t say when they told Wikipedia about the paid editing, but once Wikipedia investigated it they banned them and denied the appeal. The account never came back to make more edits after they were discovered.

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- driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  That editor has since been blocked for making undisclosed paid changes.
  
  Ok, I misunderstood this part. I tough it means they can’t do more undisclosed paid edits.
  
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JoeKrogan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Wonder what other pages they “edited”

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- driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Hope all its edits get audited
  
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  - Slashme@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Of course! As soon as this kind of thing comes to light, the pitchforks come out. The checkusers have some advanced tools to find linked bad-actor accounts, for example.
    
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