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November

  • Weinglass, Simona (November 1, 2020). "Wikipedia probe exposes an Israeli stealth PR firm that worked for scammers". The Times of Israel. Retrieved November 1, 2020. The company, known as Percepto (formerly Veribo), allegedly edited Wikipedia entries having to do with a Canadian charity that later became embroiled in a scandal involving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to the Signpost article.
  • Nieva, Richard (November 2, 2020). "Wikipedia's disinformation task force braces for a high-stakes election". CNET. Retrieved November 2, 2020. Dozens of people across the foundation's security, product, legal and communications teams have set up protections for the website, guiding the hundreds of unpaid volunteers who edit its pages.
  • Morrison, Sara (November 2, 2020). "How Wikipedia is preparing for Election Day". Vox. This will be the sixth presidential election in Wikipedia's lifetime, and the site's all-volunteer army of thousands of editors has used those years of experience to develop and refine methods of combating lies and inaccuracies during prominent breaking new events while also identifying and deleting anything incorrect or poorly sourced that happens to make it onto their pages.
  • York, Geoffrey; Kerr, Jaren (November 3, 2020). "Wikipedia probe finds illicit editing of WE Charity pages". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved November 4, 2020. Wikipedia editors, in an article in their online newspaper, said the Israeli firm was working for WE Charity when its employees modified the WE-related articles, making some of them more promotional. But in response to questions from The Globe and Mail on Monday, a senior WE executive denied the allegation and said the charity had never heard of Percepto until a media report this week.

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