A profile of Bernadette Meehan, a US diplomat who became Wikimedia Foundation CEO in January, as Wikipedia faces threats from MAGA, AI, and foreign autocrats (Tiffany Hsu/New York Times)
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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: A profile of Bernadette Meehan, a US diplomat who became Wikimedia Foundation CEO in January, as Wikipedia faces threats from MAGA, AI, and foreign autocrats — Wikipedia is in peril. — In a world where trust in truth is crumbling, the grande dame of collective online fact-gathering is under threat on every front.
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