They concealed evidence of the October 7 atrocities and obscured the murder of the Bibas family: the damning report against Wikipedia
A new report by the Anti-Defamation League reveals that biased edits on topics related to Israel, Hamas, and October 7 remained on Wikipedia despite blocking editors. According to the research, 19 accounts continue to influence content, including regarding the Bibas family. The study claims that 91% of the edits made by a fully blocked editor remained in six key articles.
A new report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), published on October 15, 2026, claims that biased edits on topics related to Israel, Hamas, and the October 7 attack largely remained on Wikipedia, despite steps taken against editors involved. According to the report, 19 accounts continue to influence how topics related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are presented, using editing methods that are harder to detect. The research, conducted by the ADL's Center for Technology and Society, is a follow-up to a report published in March 2025, which the organization claimed revealed coordinated activity by about 30 editors promoting anti-Israel and antisemitic narratives. Following the exposure, six editors were banned from editing certain topics and three others were fully blocked, but according to the new report, the changes they made were not systematically reviewed or corrected. The report states that coordinated editing activity decreased by about 95% following the investigations and measures taken, but the ADL claims biased edits continued in quieter methods. According to the report's findings, in six key articles, including "Hamas," "Zionism," "Gaza War," and "October 7 attacks," 91% of the edits made by one fully blocked editor remained. Additionally, 19 active accounts were identified, including eight from the original group and 11 new accounts, which the organization claims continue to influence content through gradual changes and reverting edits by other users. One of the main examples in the report concerns the "Hamas" article. According to the ADL, three days after the October 7 attack, much of the information about the organization's antisemitism, use of human shields, and human rights violations was moved to a separate, less-viewed article. In another case, it is claimed that thousands of characters documenting the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists on October 7, including evidence of sexual violence, were removed from the "Gaza War" article. The research also addresses the article about the Bibas family, and according to the organization, after the return of the bodies of Shiri, Kfir, and Ariel Bibas in February 2025, dozens of edits were made that left open the question of the circumstances of their death, even though according to Israeli authorities they were murdered in captivity. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said that "blocking individual editors was never enough," and warned that the information appearing in the articles continues to influence search engine results and answers provided by AI systems. The ADL calls on the Wikimedia Foundation to conduct a comprehensive review of the articles edited by the blocked users, increase oversight of sensitive articles, and take steps against antisemitic bias on the platform.