Overview

• Chair James Comer and Rep. Nancy Mace sent an Aug. 27 information request to Wikimedia CEO Maryana Iskander, formally opening the House Oversight investigation.
• The letter seeks documents on potential nation‑state coordination and activities tied to academic institutions, as well as records of Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee proceedings.
• Lawmakers requested account‑level details for sanctioned editors, including IP addresses, registration dates, and user activity logs.
• Citations include an Anti‑Defamation League report alleging coordinated edits on Israel‑Palestine topics and an Atlantic Council probe of a Kremlin‑linked network influencing content used by AI systems.
• The Wikimedia Foundation said it is reviewing the request and welcomed the opportunity to respond to the committee’s questions.