The free global online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, has been a widely
used tool for people of all ages and from all walks of life, to find authentic
information of any kind whatsoever. The website cites relevant links and
resources where it takes the content from and gives the public free access to
make relevant changes to articles according to latest updates.
This year especially, Wikipedia’s parent organization, the
Wikimedia Foundation has struggled to keep the site as up-to-date as possible,
to provide information on every breaking news of the year, from the Corona
virus to the US elections.
Wikimedia’s security, product, legal, and communications teams worked hard to keep the site free of false news. It formed a disinformation task force to target people circulating any fake news regarding the 2020 US Elections. The site has been managed by 56,000 unpaid volunteers who worked as editors to monitor around 2000 pages related to elections.
