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Thursday, August 13, 2015

Is the PR Industry Buying Influence Over Wikipedia?

 "Priceline, for example, once hired a third party to edit Wikipedia on its behalf; Viacom reportedly did the same. "   by VICE    (Why I never open Wikipedia)  
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