Elon Musk, who holds the title of the richest person in the world with a fortune of more than $ 200 billion, also comes to the fore with many different issues besides his work. The 51-year-old billionaire was on the tongue of the world recently because of what happened between him and Twitter. Musk was also receiving many criticisms about the use of social media.
The famous businessman, who reacted sharply to the news after the Google founder came to the agenda with the allegations that he had an affair with his wife, recently shared a post on Twitter again. In this post, Musk targeted the popular internet encyclopedia Wikipedia.
Elon Musk accused Wikipedia of losing its objectivity
Tesla and SpaceX CEO criticized the platform by responding to another user’s post on Twitter, which included the words ‘Wikipedia is now a weapon’. Musk tagged Jimmy Wales, one of the co-founders of the famous internet encyclopedia, ‘Wikipedia is losing its objectivity’.
Let’s get into the details of the subject. The US recently shared that its gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.9 in the second quarter. This data comes after a 1.6% decline in the first quarter. The decrease in GDP, which measures all the products produced by a country, in two or more quarterly periods also indicates that that country has entered a ‘recession’. However, the Biden administration refrains from using this term in their statement and says the country is on the right track.
After these explanations, Wikipedia decided to block the editing feature of the ‘recession’ page on its site. This decision was made because after the US statements, visitors entered a ‘regulation’ war on the page containing information about the ‘recession’.
One user even edited the page to remove references to the standard definition of recession, adding that there is no global consensus for the term. Wikipedia then put the page in ‘semi-protected’ mode, where only verified accounts can edit it. Elon Musk also criticized Wikipedia for what happened.
Reply from Wikipedia founder
Jimmy Wales, one of the co-founders of Wikipedia, responded to this tweet by Musk. The 55-year-old internet entrepreneur gave Elon Musk the link to the section that informs new visitors about the ‘recession’ page on the site and said, “Elon, please take a moment and read this.”
Wales also reacted harshly to Elon Musk. The famous entrepreneur said, “Reading too much Twitter bullshit is making you stupid. If you want a real discussion, call me next week”, showing his reaction to Musk.
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