Government computers have been used to edit entries in the world’s largest online encyclopaedia.
Wikipedia allows anonymous users to change whatever they like – but keeps track of computer addresses, allowing organisations to be identified.
Computers belonging to the Manx government have been used to rewrite entries about Chief Constable Mike Culverhouse and MLC Dudley Butt – as well as leaving abusive descriptions of SMP George Galloway.
Director of Information at the Celtic League, Bernard Moffatt, says he wouldn’t be surprised if the government was rewriting history on the website deliberately:
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