Wikipedia is, for better or worse, many people’s first source for fact-checking. It can be edited by anyone– an expert, an idiot, or someone with vested interest in slanting the information. Tom Scott created ParliamentEdits, a twitter account connected to a bot that monitors whenever a Wikipedia edit comes from a Parliament IP address. Scott’s bot is just the beginning– there are a few other bots that lend to this trend of at least slightly more transparency in who is editing what. Is it an idea that will spread? Or is it not the answer we need? Kim Horcher, Tim Frisch, and special guest Matthew Mercer (Voice actor, co-creator of Muzzled the Musical) discuss!
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