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From keyboard to prison cell: The dangerous side of Wikipedia editing

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 16, 2024
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Osama Khalid and Ziyad al-Sofiani in 2016. By Fjmustak - Derivative of File:Osama Khalid and Ziyad Alsufyani.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0

Since 2012, five Wikipedia editors have been imprisoned – and one executed – for the crime of contributing to the world's largest online encyclopedia.

In Saudi Arabia, editor Osama Khalid received a 32-year prison sentence in 2022…

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