维基百科联合创始人拉里·桑格（Larry Sanger）日前在接受塔克·卡尔森（Tucker Carlson）采访时，对维基百科的现状提出了严厉批评。[1]桑格于2002年离开维基百科，他指出吉米·威尔士（Jimmy Wales）允许"麻烦制造者和左翼活动人士"接管了这一平台。[1]
桑格指控维基百科存在多项治理失衡问题。在最强大的62个编辑账户中，85%采用匿名身份。[1]他表示，维基百科自2017年以来维护的"定期来源"名单实质上是意识形态黑名单，系统性地封禁了包括《福克斯新闻》《每日来电者》《布雷特巴特新闻》和《纽约邮报》等保守派媒体。[1]桑格还提及了一项2006-2007年的研究，显示来自中情局总部所在地弗吉尼亚州兰利的IP地址进行了相关编辑操作。[1]
为解决这些问题，桑格提出了九条改革提案，包括废除共识决策制、启用竞争性文章、废除来源黑名单、恢复原始中立原则以及取消永久封禁等措施。[1]在同一次采访中，卡尔森发现自己在维基百科上被描述为"白人不满情绪的代表声音"。[1]
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger has accused the platform of becoming a propaganda instrument, citing systemic bias and ideological control during an interview with Tucker Carlson.[1] Sanger, who departed Wikipedia in 2002, stated that he witnessed co-founder Jimmy Wales permit "troublemakers and left-wing activists" to take over the platform.[1]
According to Sanger, 85 percent of the most powerful editing accounts on Wikipedia operate anonymously, enabling unaccountable editorial control.[1] He further alleged that Wikipedia maintains a "reliable sources" list since 2017 that functions as an ideological blacklist, systematically banning conservative news outlets including Fox News, the Daily Caller, Breitbart, and the New York Post.[1] Sanger also referenced research from 2006-2007 documenting edits originating from IP addresses at Langley, Virginia, the headquarters of the CIA, suggesting intelligence agency involvement in content manipulation.[1]
To address these concerns, Sanger outlined nine reform proposals aimed at restoring the platform's original neutrality principles, including abolishing consensus-based decision-making, enabling competing articles, eliminating the sources blacklist, and removing permanent bans on editors.[1] During the same interview, Carlson discovered his own Wikipedia entry describing him as a "representative voice of white grievance," highlighting the broader editorial bias Sanger is criticizing.[1]