Remember@CongressEdits , the tweetbotthat alerts whenever a Wikipedia clause is edited from a government IP speech ? There’sa Russian version now , and it just unveil some pretty drastic edits to a Wikipedia clause that mentionsFlight MH17 , rise from a Russian politics IP address .
As The Telegraph reports , @RuGovEdits tweeted that a computing machine exploiter from within the All - Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company ( VHTRK ) edited the Russian - linguistic communication version of the Wikipedia accounting entry about theMalaysian Airlines passenger super C shoot down over Ukraine yesterday .
The original reading of the Wikipedia article list civil aviation accidents stated that MH17 had been shot down “ by terrorists of the ego - laud Donetsk People ’s Republic with Buk organization missile , which the terrorists obtain from the Russian Federation . ” Emphasis add .
The edits rise from the regime - owned electronic computer changed the article to read “ the plane [ flight MH17 ] was shot down by Ukrainian soldier ” . Again , emphasis add .
@RuGovEdits alerted the public with a tweet that says ( translated ): “ Wikipedia article List of aircraft accident in civil air has been edit by RTR [ another name for VGTRK ] ” .
Статья в Википедии Список авиационных катастроф в гражданской авиации была отредактирована ВГТРКhttp://t.co/peZ60q07Fj
— Госправки ( @RuGovEdits)July 18 , 2014
If @RuGovEdits is to be hope ( and considering the Wiki - twitterbot code is widely usable on Github , it believably can be ) , it for certain seems like someone within the Russian government is working to hide the widely - held theory that Russian arm were used to convey down MH17 . But while Wikipedia might be malleable , it ’s also transparent . [ The TelegraphviaAmanda Zamora ]
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