Abraham Weintraub–Wikipedia controversy

In 2019, Brazil's Ministry of Education (MEC), under Minister Abraham Weintraub, made attempts to influence the content of his Portuguese Wikipedia page.

The article on Weintraub was created shortly after his appointment in April 2019 and documented controversies involving him in detail. In June 2019, the MEC Social Communication Office emailed a Wikipedia administrator requesting that the article be deleted, citing that it was not editable by unexperienced editors. This was followed by a second email in August threatening legal action if restrictions on editing were not lifted.

The controversy garnered media attention, sparked debates among Wikipedia editors, and was the subject of a speech by Federal Deputy Marcelo Freixo questioning the misuse of public resources in the furtherance of personal interests. Weintraub sued the Wikimedia Foundation for defamation; the lawsuit was dismissed in 2023 due to a lack of evidence and a failure to specify the defamatory content.

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