NPOV is a narrative intelligence platform that investigates manipulation, influence operations, and coordinated campaigns at the infrastructure layer of the internet.
Critical global, political, and financial narratives are being deliberately manipulated on the platforms the world depends on. Wikipedia, Reddit, and the open web aren't just where people get information — they're the training data for every major AI system. Once a manipulated narrative enters this infrastructure, it becomes hard-coded into the systems that shape public understanding.
These manipulation campaigns are coordinated, sophisticated, and largely invisible. State actors, political operatives, and commercial interests quietly rewrite the information the world relies on — and most of us never know it happened.
NPOV exists to change that. We combine investigative journalism, structured data, and AI-enabled analysis to surface attacks that would otherwise remain hidden — and to give individuals, organizations, and the public the evidence they need to fight back.
Ashley Rindsberg is an investigative journalist and author whose work has fundamentally changed the way the world understands information manipulation on the internet.
His reporting on Wikipedia's ideological capture, originally published at Pirate Wires, exposed coordinated edit networks operating across thousands of articles. The investigation revealed what became known as the "Gang of 40" — a network of editors systematically shaping narratives on politically sensitive topics — and triggered Wikipedia's fifth major arbitration case, the largest in the platform's history.
The work prompted a U.S. Congressional investigation into Wikipedia's editorial processes and catalyzed a global conversation about the reliability of the platforms that train AI and shape public understanding.
Rindsberg was recognized with the 2025 DAO Prize for investigative journalism. He is also the author of The Gray Lady Winked, an investigation into how media narratives shape history.
Our reporting prompted a U.S. Congressional investigation into Wikipedia's editorial processes and vulnerability to coordinated manipulation.
Our investigation into coordinated editing networks triggered Wikipedia's fifth major arbitration case — the largest in scope the platform has ever seen.
We've uncovered how Iran's censorship ministry gained influence inside Wikipedia and how Qatar-linked networks conduct information warfare on the platform.
Our work has led directly to editor bans, arbitration rulings, and policy changes at both Wikipedia and Reddit.
Our platform combines the rigor of investigative journalism with technology purpose-built for the information environment.
Deep-dive investigations into manipulation campaigns, coordinated editing networks, and influence operations using the methods of forensic journalism.
Proprietary tools that analyze edit histories, map editor networks, trace narrative propagation, and detect coordination patterns at scale.
We don't just find manipulation — we document it with the rigor needed for legal, media, and strategic decision-making, and tell the story so people understand what's at stake.
NPOV publishes original investigations into narrative manipulation, influence operations, and information warfare. Our work has been cited by major media outlets, policymakers, and platform governance bodies worldwide.
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