Wikipedia is taking a ten day break from its exhausting, often times manipulative relationship with Congress by announcing a ten day ban on edits coming from the institution.
Wikipedia: Congress' edits ban are designed to gain attention
According to an article in Fast Company, the ban is due to edits coming from Congress in a fashion that is designed to gain attention. This is down through a humorous Twitter bot titled @CongressEdits that sends out a tweet whenever someone from inside Congress makes an edit.
Fast Company noticed some interesting trends.
While edits were often mundane, such as changes to the pages of members of Congress, they were sometimes...
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