Wikimedia awards grants to tackle racial inequality, barriers to free information

FILE PHOTO: A Wikipedia webpage in use on a laptop computer is seen in this photo illustration. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

(Reuters) - The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, said on Wednesday it will award grants to six organizations that work to address barriers in accessing quality information due to racial inequality.

The nonprofit foundation also acknowledged its own projects, including Wikipedia, presented a Western worldview of history and needed to do more to close knowledge gaps.