New Delhi. After the report of the American company Hindenburg came out, Indian billionaire businessman and second in the list of the world’s richest man, Gautam Adani, suddenly saw a big drop in his net worth and within a few days he came from number two to number 21. Now after this report, Wikipedia has now attacked the Adani Group, which is struggling to come out of the crisis. Wikipedia has alleged that for almost a decade, Adani Group has been written and said on different platforms. Is. Wikipedia also used ‘Sock Puppet’ for this.
Let us tell you that in the technical world, ‘sock puppets’ are fake accounts active on the Internet, which use blogs, forums, Wikipedia and social networking platforms like Facebook or Twitter to create public opinion in favor of a person or issue. . Wikipedia has alleged that some of these ‘sock puppets’ are also company employees and have removed Wikipedia’s warnings on adding non-neutral content and information.
Significantly, according to the report, more than 40 ‘sak papits’ or undeclared paid writers wrote or edited 9 articles on the Adani family and family businesses. Many of these edited several articles and added non-neutral material. Wikipedia said that these ‘Sock Puppets’ were later banned or blocked. This share of Adani fell from ₹ 3900 to ₹ 876, in 21 itself the investment of 1 lakh reduced to ₹ 22,000. Let us tell you that Adani’s total wealth base has decreased by $ 70 billion in less than a month and he has slipped from the world’s third richest billionaire to 25th position. This follows a report by American short seller Hindenburg, which accused the group of fudging accounts, inflating share prices and creating shell companies. However, Adani Group has denied these allegations and warned of legal action.