Yes, when I share a link, it is parroting. When you share a link, it is research. Check your bias at the door.
As to why the definition is being edited, I hope we can all agree it is because of political pressure.
Until the pandemic came along, only a few career virologists spent much time on this subject, defining these terms. Not to put to fine a point on it, but Trump's administration thought the subject was of such low importance that they actually dismantled the pandemic response team.
But now it is a political hot potato and the scientists are pretty much powerless against political forces who will fight endlessly over it to score political points. Lost in this entire discussion is that it says nothing about the origin of SARS-COV-2, which was really the raison d'etre for this entire boondoggle.
RE: US Institute of Health Admits to Funding Gain of Function Research in Wuhan, China.