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The online encyclopaedia probes user accounts traced back to the Bell Pottinger, following allegations of content manipulation. Wikipedia has suspended at least 10 accounts linked to the public relations firm Bell Pottinger as it investigates allegations of content manipulation. The online encyclopaedia's founder Jimmy Wales told the BBC the lobbyists had "embarrassed their clients".

Entries on the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia may have to be pre-approved after it wrongly claimed that Senator Edward Kennedy had died. The user-generated site, in which members of the public are encouraged to provide the entries, is to review the rules governing contributions. It could lead to entries being centrally approved before being published, which would constitute a radical overhaul of the site's operations.