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Conservative Israeli think tank uses fake accounts to skew Wikipedia

JL;DR SUMMARY The Kohelet Policy Forum, an influential conservative Israeli think tank, has been caught using fake accounts on Hebrew Wikipedia to manipulate content and influence public opinion, a severe breach of Wikipedia's community rules. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Judicial OverhaulIsraeli PoliticsPublic OpinionConflict Of InterestWikipediaKohelet Policy ForumConservative Think TankFake AccountsSock Puppets

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"The Kohelet Policy Forum, the conservative Israeli think tank that has provided the ideological backing for the Israeli governments attempt to overhaul the countrys judiciary, has long employed writers to edit Wikipedia entries on its behalf, disclosing their activity in accordance with the community-run encyclopdias policies."

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