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Government to investigate Hillsborough Wikipedia insults

The Cabinet Office has launched an investigation over claims insulting additions were made to the Hillsborough Wikipedia page from government computers.

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Offensive edits originating from government networks

The edits to the Hillsborough disaster page on Wikipedia were made by IP addresses 195.92.40.49 and 62.25.106.209, both of which belong to government networks.

The phrase "Blame Liverpool Fans" was added to the Hillsborough disaster page. Credit: Wikipedia
"You'll Never Walk Alone" was changed to "You'll Never Walk Again". Credit: Wikipedia
The changes added references to the Heysel stadium disaster. Credit: Wikipedia

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