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London PR Firm Rewrites Wikipedia for Governments and Billionaires

ID: 6addd928-4a5b-54f0-b2b7-03ad4dca1011

STIX ID: report--6addd928-4a5b-54f0-b2b7-03ad4dca1011

Feed Name: The Citizen Lab

Date Published: 2026-01-19

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Anna Mackay

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A report from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism alleges a London communications firm paid an editor to launder Wikipedia pages for prominent clients, illustrating how influence operators target Wikipedia to shape perceptions at scale. Senior researcher Alberto Fittarelli emphasizes that subtle, barely noticeable edits can legitimize narratives and, once embedded in the information stream, are difficult to reverse.

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