Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Elon Musk engaged in a war of words over the Tesla CEO’s ‘Nazi salute’ at the Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony.
While Musk criticised the exhaustive system for being” an expansion of legacy media advertising” regarding the editorials of the questionable movement, Wales defended his site saying that everything that was written in the report was a “fact”.
Propaganda?
Musk was caught in a discussion after he made a hand gesture half at Trump’s opening which was being compared to a Nazi salute.
The Wikipedia website reported on this saying:” In his talk during the second Trump opening, Musk half extended his right shoulder towards the group in an upward position. The movement was compared to a Nazi respect or totalitarian respect. [596] [597] Musk denied any meaning behind the sign. “
This did not go down well with Musk who commented saying that” since legacy internet advertising is considered a’valid’ origin by Wikipedia, it inevitably just becomes an expansion of legacy media advertising! “
Facts?
Wales defended the record saying that whatever was written was a reality.
” Is there anything you consider misleading in that information? It’s true you did the gesture ( twice ) and that people did compare it to a Nazi salute ( many people ) and it’s true that you denied it had any meaning. That isn’t Press misinformation. That’s reality. Every aspect of it,” he said responding to Musk’s post.
As the majority owner of X, Musk has relaxed content moderation laws, leading to widespread deception on the system, while aligning himself as a close ally of former President Donald Trump.
‘ Elon unhappy that Wikipedia not for sale ‘
As Musk continued his assault on Wikipedia asking to “defund” the app “until stability is restored! “, Wales took a jibe saying that” Elon is disappointed that Wikipedia is not for sale. “
Operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia stands aside in today’s online environment dominated by giants like Google and Meta. It embodies the spirit of the internet’s first, optimistic time, leveraging the open-source movements and volunteer contributions to offer free access to knowledge and resources.
” I hope his campaign to defund us results in lots of donations from people who care about the truth. If Elon wanted to help, he’d be encouraging kind and thoughtful intellectual people he agrees with to engage,” he added.
Following Musk’s 2022 acquisition of Twitter, now rebranded as X, he dismantled trust and safety teams and implemented Community Notes—a crowd-sourced moderation tool designed to allow users to add context to posts.
