Computers on the New York Police Department’s network have been used to change the Wikipedia pages of multiple cases of controversial police brutality, according to Capital New York. Using the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of One Police Plaza –NYPD’s headquarters location – Capital was able to link multiple changes to Wikipedia pages. The addresses were used to determine the location of a computer when it connects to the internet. According to the report, 85 NYPD IP addresses have been used to alter Wikipedia pages pertaining to police leadership, stop-and-frisk, and NYPD scandals, as...
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