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A new internet tool shows how a Vatican computer was used to edit a web entry about Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams, American researchers have claimed. | A new internet tool shows how a Vatican computer was used to edit a web entry about Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams, American researchers have claimed. |
Wikipedia Scanner developers said they could trace where changes to the online encyclopedia had been made. | |
They said news reports alleging Mr Adams's fingerprints and handprints were found on a car used during a double murder in 1971 were removed. | |
Sinn Fein said it was calling for more stringent regulation of the internet. | Sinn Fein said it was calling for more stringent regulation of the internet. |
The Wikipedia edit removed links to newspaper stories written in 2006 about Mr Adams' fingerprints and handprints, the researchers said. | |
And a section, titled "Fresh murder question raised", has also been deleted from the online encyclopaedia. | |
The page now says it is "currently protected from editing until August 17, 2007 or until disputes have been resolved". | |
Experts say it may not even have been anyone at the Vatican who made the changes. | |
Dr Kevin Curran, a computer expert at the University of Ulster, said: "Either you were using their computer and you are an employee, or you had maliciously hacked, spoofing the IP address and having people believing that you were using their network. | Dr Kevin Curran, a computer expert at the University of Ulster, said: "Either you were using their computer and you are an employee, or you had maliciously hacked, spoofing the IP address and having people believing that you were using their network. |
"But nine times out of 10, we can almost say that yes, an employee of that company or organisation has been making the changes." | "But nine times out of 10, we can almost say that yes, an employee of that company or organisation has been making the changes." |
THE EDITORS' BLOG When BBC staff edit Wikipedia, they should not bring the BBC into disrepute Pete Clifton,BBC head of interactive news class="" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/08/wikipedia_edits.html">Read Pete's comments in full | |
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopaedia that can be created and edited by anyone. | Wikipedia is a free online encyclopaedia that can be created and edited by anyone. |
Wikipedia Scanner trawls a list of 5.3m edits and matches them to the net address of the editor. | |
As well as the Vatican, it says the CIA was involved in editing entries. | |
It allegedly shows that workers on the agency's computers made edits to the page of Iran's president. | |
BBC News website users contacted the corporation to point out that the tool also revealed that people inside the BBC had made edits to Wikipedia pages. |