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Wikimedia and universities: contributing to the global commons in the Age of Disinformation
2020
Insights: The UKSG Journal
In its first 30 years the world wide web has revolutionized the information environment. However, its impact has been negative as well as positive, through corporate misuse of personal data and due to its potential for enabling the spread of disinformation. As a large-scale collaborative platform funded through charitable donations, with a mission to provide universal free access to knowledge as a public good, Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites in the world. This paper explores the
doi:10.1629/uksg.509
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