Article 67H5K Saudi Arabia jails two Wikipedia staff in ‘bid to control content’

Saudi Arabia jails two Wikipedia staff in ‘bid to control content’

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Administrators jailed for 32 years, and eight years, as activists warn of ploy to infiltrate website

Saudi Arabia has infiltrated Wikipedia and jailed two administrators in a bid to control content on the website, weeks after a former Twitter worker was jailed in the US for spying for the Saudis.

One administrator was jailed for 32 years, and another was sentenced to eight years, the activists said.

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