In recent weeks, Wikipedia has become the unexpected focus of America’s culture wars. For years, the platform has been seen as a modern encyclopaedia—written and edited by volunteers, guided by strict rules about neutrality, verifiability, and the use of published sources. But critics on the right, including Elon Musk and Trump administration officials, now argue that Wikipedia is biased, dismissing it as “Wokepedia”, the Wall Street Journal reported.

A target in the culture wars

Wikipedia’s global reach is vast: it draws more traffic than most major media outlets, with over 64 million entries that shape how information surfaces in search engines and AI chatbots. That influence has made it a target for conservatives who see the site as amplifying mainstream media narratives. “Wikipedia s

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