Adamu at Mutant Frog Travelogue reports on the use of the Japanese version of Wikiscanner [1] to track self-editing on Wikipedia by, among others, the health and labour ministry, the education ministry, a member of the Japanese National Diet, and the newspaper Mainichi shimbun. The post also links to local bloggers’ reactions, and includes a partial translation of a post by Japanese blogger Kikko.
Wikiscanning arrives in Japan
· Written by Chris Salzberg
Categories: East Asia, Japan, Digital Activism, Governance, Media & Journalism, Politics, Technology