TalksTalks
Venue
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Date
Tue 18 Aug 2026
Time
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Edinburgh International Book Festival

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Jimmy Wales: The Seven Rules of Trust image
Synopsis:

As trust in billionaire-owned social media platforms continues to plummet, it’s astonishing to see how crowd-sourced knowledge bank, Wikipedia – once a byword for dubious accuracy – has built up its readers’ faith to become one of the internet’s most clear-sighted information sources. Maintaining confidence in a landscape of untruths is important to Wikipedia’s legendary founder Jimmy Wales. We’re thrilled to welcome this key figure of the online age to discuss his book The Seven Rules of Trust. Chaired by Heather Parry.