On 3rd June 2026, the Narrative intelligence platform (‘NPOV’, @npovmedia) Ashley Rindsberg, published a report on Substack detailing a coordinated effort from 2021 to hijack the Wikipedia page of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF, @hinduamerican). Founded in 2003, the HAF is the oldest and largest education and advocacy organisation for Hindus in America. The organisation works to further the civil rights of American Hindus and has been instrumental in tackling misinformation of Hindu Dharma in education, government and other public spheres.
Since 2021, HAF’s Wikipedia page has undergone extensive edits wherein the organisation is now inaccurately described as an instrument of “Hindu supremacy” that works to silence debate and stifle academic freedom. Phrases such as ‘aligns with the Hindu nationalist ideology’, ‘impinging on academic freedom’, and ‘attempt to rebrand Hindutva as ‘Hindu rights’ have been used on the page in a statement-of-fact register that gives the reader the impression that these are established facts. Furthermore these statements are made without counter statements to provide balance. The report details how this one-sided narrative has been pushed by a group of four editors who account for 80% of the edits made to HAF’s Wikipedia page. These findings prompt questions about conflicts of interest and editorial behaviour on the world’s largest open source encyclopaedia.
Full report: https://www.neutralpov.com/p/wikipedias-india-war