Tag: Information Control

By Jan Jekielek, Lawrence Wilson | The Epoch Times Larry Sanger said that the website has become biased against conservative and religious viewpoints but that he sees a way to fix it. Wikipedia, a popular online encyclopedia that millions of people treat as an authoritative source of information, is systemically biased against conservative, religious, and other points of view, according to Larry Sanger, cofounder of the site. Sanger, 57, who now heads the Knowledge Standards Foundation, said he believes that Wikipedia can be salvaged either by a renewed emphasis on free speech within the organization or by a grassroots campaign to make diverse viewpoints heard. Failing that, Sanger said, government intervention may be required to pierce the shell of anonymity that now protects ...