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Business Daily meets: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales
The free online encyclopaedia is one of the internet's most read sites - we hear the story of how it all started.
We hear how a free online encyclopaedia, run by volunteers, became one of the internet's most popular sites.
Co-founder Jimmy Wales tells about the ideals which helped him build the site, and the challenges its now facing, from AI to political criticism.
Presenter: Chris Vallance
Producers: Hannah Bewley and Niamh McDermott
(Image: Jimmy Wales photographed at Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Credit: Getty Images)
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