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Jimmy Wales is selling his first Wikipedia edit as an NFT

The Verge

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is selling a non-fungible token (or NFT) based on his first edit of the free encyclopedia. Auction house Christie’s will hold a sale of the token from December 3rd to 15th, auctioning it alongside the Strawberry iMac Wales was using around Wikipedia’s launch. Jimmy Wales / Christie’s.

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How Apple is making the antitrust case against it stronger

The Verge

Inside the group, they’re posting hateful memes and misinformation, while commenters share support for neo-Nazis. Wikipedia editors are questioning what it means to be a platform committed to “neutrality.” Lawmakers in New York proposed a new law that would prohibit police from using geofence warrants as protests continue to grow.

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The Boogaloo movement has successfully hijacked social networks to spread

The Verge

In the delightfully dry phrasing of Wikipedia authors, “ 2: Electric Boogaloo became a verbal template appended to a topic as a signal of pejorative parody.”). Some pages also shared misinformation about the protests, such as memes claiming police were placing bricks to cause riots and conspiracy theories about Bill Gates and George Soros.