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  1. In its order granting the Wikimedia Foundation's motion to dismiss, the court affirmed that "interactive computer service providers" such as the Foundation generally cannot be held liable for third-party content like Wikipedia articles and photographs. ... the plaintiff argued that the Foundation should be treated like a traditional offline ...

  2. Feb 8, 2023 · Wikipedia Worries Its Volunteer Editors Could Be Liable to Lawsuits Without Section 230 Attorneys for the Wikimedia Foundation said even linking to another page could be an issue, depending on how ...

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  4. Oct 5, 2021 · In its order granting the Wikimedia Foundation’s motion to dismiss, the court affirmed that “interactive computer service providers” such as the Foundation generally cannot be held liable for third-party content like Wikipedia articles and photographs. The ruling also pointed out that the plaintiff’s amended complaint attempted to ...

  5. Nov 1, 2023 · Why it relies on Section 230: All of the content on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia free knowledge projects is created and edited by volunteer editors. Section 230 protects the Wikimedia Foundation ...

  6. Dec 2, 2022 · The Wikimedia Foundation was established in 2003, two years after Wikipedia itself, as a nonprofit organization to fund the internet encyclopedia and other crowdsourced wiki projects.

  7. Mar 21, 2023 · The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has unanimously approved enforcement guidelines for the first-of-its kind Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC). The code, which was developed hand in hand with more than 1500 Wikimedia project volunteers, outlines global standards for behavior across Wikipedia and all Wikimedia projects to prevent and address harassment and other negative behavior.

  8. All sorts of identifying information, public and nonpublic, gets requested from the Wikimedia Foundation. These requests come from governments, corporations and organizations, and individuals. Requests tend to be very broad in nature, in order to capture as much information as possible. However, most information on the projects is already ...