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ADL says Wikipedia failed to fix biased edits on Israel-related pages

A new report alleges that distortions remain on key articles despite editor bans.

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What this story says

  • Wikipedia has failed to fix biased edits on Israel-related pages, according to a new report by the ADL Center for Technology and Society.
  • The report states that 91% of one banned editor's work on six key articles remains in live text.
  • Details of atrocities from the October 7 attacks, including evidence of sexual violence, were removed from the 'Gaza war' page and have not been restored, the ADL claims.
  • The ADL alleges that biased editing has continued through subtle techniques, such as undoing other editors' changes and hedging factual claims.

Who covered it

Left 0%(0)Centre 29%(2)Right 71%(5)

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7 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

None of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

The ADL Center for Technology and Society (CTS) released a report alleging that Wikipedia has not adequately addressed biased edits on articles related to Israel. The report, titled "Damage Done: Wikipedia Leaves Biased Edits Unchecked Despite Editor Bans," claims that a year after the ADL exposed a coordinated campaign to inject anti-Israel narratives, much of the problematic content remains on the encyclopedia's most-read pages.

According to the ADL's findings, 91% of the work by one editor, who was banned from the topic area, persists in the live text of six flagship articles, including those on 'Hamas,' 'Gaza war,' 'Zionism,' and the 'October 7 attacks.' The report specifically notes that forensic documentation of atrocities from the October 7 attacks, which included evidence of sexual violence, was removed from the 'Gaza war' page and has not been reinstated. The ADL claims that biased editing has continued through less overt methods, such as undoing other editors' changes and using hedging language to present claims.

Disagreement on the extent of ongoing bias

While the ADL report asserts that biased editing continues, Straight Arrow News reports that disinformation scholars have criticized the ADL's claims, particularly those equating criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza with antisemitism. A Wikimedia spokesperson stated that the foundation takes allegations of bias seriously and condemns antisemitism, but noted that the ADL did not ask for information that might have allayed concerns.

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated reports below mention the specific figure of 19 accounts actively editing Israel- and Palestine-related articles, eight unsanctioned editors from the original group and 11 newly identified ones, as detailed in the ADL's report. No left-rated outlet ran this story at all.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 15 Oct 2026, 16:15, and will add the sides that appear.

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How each side covered it

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Left

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Centre

2 rated outlets

  • Straight Arrow News, the single centre-rated report, focused on the ADL's allegations regarding the removal of details about the October 7 attacks from the 'Gaza war' Wikipedia page. It also highlighted the ADL's claim that biased editing has continued through subtle techniques. The report noted the broader debate over who controls Wikipedia's narrative and the role of volunteer editors in shaping public understanding of contentious political events. It also mentioned the ADL's past disputes with Wikipedia editors who had declared the ADL an unreliable source.

Right

5 rated outlets

  • The right-rated reports, including full reports from Arutz Sheva and Jewish Insider, and digests from nytimespost.com, democraticaccent.com, and Fox News, led with the ADL's central claim that Wikipedia has failed to fix biased edits on Israel-related pages. They highlighted the statistic that 91% of one banned editor's work remains on key articles and the removal of details about October 7 atrocities from the 'Gaza war' page. These reports also mentioned the ADL's previous exposure of a coordinated campaign by approximately 30 editors to inject anti-Israel narratives and the continuation of biased editing through subtle techniques. Arutz Sheva quoted ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt stating that banning editors was insufficient and that pages still bear the marks of a systematic disinformation campaign. The report from Arutz Sheva also detailed specific examples, such as changes to the 'Hamas' article and the 'Zionism' article's definition.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover ADL says Wikipedia failed to fix biased edits on Israel-related pages?
Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 29% are rated centre, 71% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is ADL says Wikipedia failed to fix biased edits on Israel-related pages left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of ADL says Wikipedia failed to fix biased edits on Israel-related pages biased?
ADL says Wikipedia failed to fix biased edits on Israel-related pages is one event reported by 7 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting ADL says Wikipedia failed to fix biased edits on Israel-related pages?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered ADL says Wikipedia failed to fix biased edits on Israel-related pages?
7 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What does the ADL report allege about Wikipedia's Israel-related pages?
The ADL report alleges that Wikipedia has failed to fix biased edits on pages related to Israel, a year after exposing a coordinated campaign to inject anti-Israel narratives. It claims that 91% of one banned editor's work remains on key articles and that details of October 7 atrocities were removed and not restored.
What specific content was allegedly removed from the 'Gaza war' page?
The ADL report states that forensic documentation of atrocities from the October 7 attacks, including evidence of sexual violence, was removed from the 'Gaza war' Wikipedia page. The report claims this content has not been restored and that the page was edited to downplay the brutality of the events.
How has biased editing allegedly continued on Wikipedia?
According to the ADL, biased editing has continued through subtle techniques, such as undoing other editors' changes to maintain a specific framing, hedging factual claims, and rebuilding articles slowly. The report suggests that these methods are less overt and harder to detect under Wikipedia's rules.

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