After modifying his own page in his favor, an LR senator blocked by Wikipedia

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Senator LR Stéphane Le Rudulier has been blocked by the online encyclopedia after censoring part of his Wikipedia page. These modifications follow the revelations of an article of the World.

The collaborative encyclopedia blocked the Wikipedia account of Senator LR Stéphane Le Rudulier. He is accused of having modified his own page in his favor without respecting the platform’s obligation of transparency. On July 17, Wikipedia notified Stéphane Le Rudulier of the indefinite blocking of his account, seen the obs. This decision was illustrated by Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, administrator of the Wikimedia France association, on Twitter.

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Remove the “biography” from your page.

The modifications of Senator LR de Bouches-du-Rhône related to the revelations of an article published by The world Jul 15, 2022. Purely and simply wanted to remove the “timeline” part of your page. Indeed, the latter contains references to the newspaper article that reveals “serious suspicions of plagiarism” of the right-wing politician’s thesis on e-democracy.

The world he also mentions in his article the previous modifications of the senator’s page by him. By March 2022, Stéphane Le Rudulier had modified his Wikipedia page to include a position as project manager with Jean-Claude Gaudin. A role that the former mayor of Marseille had a hard time remembering according to the newspaper.

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However, this is not the first time political figures have added their own Wikipedia file. In February 2022, Eric Zemmour’s supporters used the online encyclopedia to increase the popularity of the presidential candidate. These events have also led to the banishment – the highest and rarest sanction of Wikipedia – of seven collaborators of Eric Zemmour.

Author: pierre monnier
Source: BFM TV

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