Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales warns of addictive nature of social media

Nonprofit website has no need to play clickbait game as it focuses on truth

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Misinformation on the internet is "nothing new," says Jimmy Wales. (Photo by Yuji Murakami)

AKIRA OIKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Wikipedia has become an essential online tool but as misinformation spreads rampantly on the internet, its founder Jimmy Wales tells Nikkei about the challenges the 23-year-old nonprofit encyclopedia faces in building a platform for the distribution of accurate information.

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