Antisemitism on Wikipedia

Scholars and commentators claimed to have found antisemitism on Wikipedia due to user conduct, perceived anti-Jewish bias, and differences in framing or interpreting events related to the Holocaust. Criticism has referred to both the English Wikipedia and Wikipedias in other languages.

From the early years of Wikipedia, antisemitic misconduct has been reported and penalized, and has resulted in additional oversight and anti-vandalism measures. In 2021, the Wikimedia Foundation published the results of an internal investigation into antisemitism in Croatian and Serbian Wikipedia articles from 2013 to 2021, which said that far-right activists had spread disinformation on the website, including Holocaust revisionism. As a result, Wikipedia banned the editors and administrators involved.

The World Jewish Congress has accused Wikipedia of antisemitic bias in its coverage of Israel-related topics, particularly following the 7 October attacks in 2023. In 2024, the English Wikipedia was criticized for deciding the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a non-governmental organization founded to address antisemitism and prejudice, was a "generally unreliable" source on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Critics have also alleged that articles related to the Holocaust display national bias (especially in non-English Wikipedias), which may be antisemitic, and that their discussion pages include antisemitic comments.

Several researchers have suggested that Wikipedia's policies, in striving to maintain accuracy and an encyclopedic standard, prevent users from adding overt antisemitic bias, as well as other extreme viewpoints, while keeping articles more static than would be expected for an online platform.

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