Decorated film producer Ryan Kavanaugh is suing Wikimedia Foundation for allegedly protecting two “trolls” who were paid to wage an online smear campaign that Kavanaugh claims cost him more than $1 billion.
Wikipedia is already facing renewed scrutiny after it banned its own founder for protesting the site’s allowance of “ideologically motivated bullies” and anti-free speech policies. Kavanaugh’s lawsuit, filed in February, accuses the organization of allowing paid bullies to attack a man with false or misleading information while operating under the guise of being a “trustworthy” source.
