Wikipedia edits aren't so anonymous anymore
Thanks to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, every person can play the part of a scholar and edit articles that paint an unflattering light.
A new Web site, wikiscanner.virgil.gr, known as WikiScanner enables Wikipedia users to search edits made anonymously and identify the organization where the posts originated.
Using the new WikiScanner it was disclosed that details about President Bush his Alcohol problems was erased by a US Government official. In the Netherlands a Dutch Government official from the Ministry of State Political Affairs erased Wikipedia information on Dutch Queen Beatrix which showed she owned shares in the ABN/Amro and ING banks.
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