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Elon Musk has called on his supporters to cease donations to Wikipedia, dubbing the online encyclopedia “Wokepedia” due to what he claims are plans to spend of over $50 million on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.that in a recent post on X/Twitter, Elon Musk expressed his disapproval of Wikipedia’s budget allocation for the 2023-24 fiscal year.
According to the Wikimedia Foundation’s website, the nonprofit organization behind Wikipedia has set a goal of spending $51.7 million on DEI-related initiatives. This amount is broken down into 17.6 percent for equity and 11.6 percent for safety and inclusion. The bulk of the $177 million budget, 48.7 percent , is allocated to infrastructure, while 22.2 percent is dedicated to effectiveness.
The adoption of DEI policies by major corporations gained momentum beginning in 2020. However, public pressure campaigns by right-leaning influencers have recently prompted some companies, such asthat the site is plagued by a leftist bias. Earlier this year, Wikipedia removed references to Vice President Kamala Harris as a “border czar” after President Joe Biden bowed out of the race and endorsed her to run against Trump.
A report by the libertarian Manhattan Institute in June found that Wikipedia tends to associate right-of-center public figures with more negative sentiment compared to their left-of-center counterparts. The study also indicated that articles about right-leaning figures are more likely to include “negative emotions” such as anger and disgust, while entries about left-leaning figures tend to feature more “positive emotions” like joy.
Larry Sanger, who played a central role in the launch of Wikipedia alongside Jimmy Wales in 2001, has been critical of the site’s alleged bias. In a 2021 interview with Unherd.com, Sanger agreed with the claim that “teams of Democratic-leaning volunteers” remove content that doesn’t align with their political agenda, including the revelations in the Hunter Biden laptop scandal first reported by theO'Leary: Canada and U.S.
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