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- The court accordingly ruled that, as a service provider, rather than a content provider, the Wikimedia Foundation is not liable for user-generated content, nor does it have a duty to proactively check articles for allegedly illegal or inaccurate content.
diff.wikimedia.org › 2013/12/02 › legal-victory-german-court-wikimedia-foundationIn legal victory, German court rules Wikimedia Foundation ...
In October 2013, a German court ruled that the Wikimedia Foundation can be held liable for content added to Wikipedia when there has been a specific complaint; otherwise, the Wikimedia Foundation does not check the content Wikipedia publishes and has no duty to do so.
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Some court orders may request user data; others may request that the Wikimedia Foundation alter or remove content from Wikipedia. We evaluate each order to determine if it presents an applicable legal requirement in our jurisdiction.
Mar 21, 2023 · 21 March 2023 – The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, has unanimously approved enforcement guidelines for the first-of-its kind Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC).
Jun 21, 2024 · There are laws and policies that would hold Wikimedia liable for third-party content like Wikipedia articles and photographs. If Wikimedia was held liable every time a user contributed something inaccurate or upsetting, we wouldn’t be able to maintain and grow the world’s largest free encyclopedia.
Mar 27, 2024 · Even if you remove certain content (say from a Wikipedia article) yourself, it will still remain publicly available in the "view history" section of the article. Under certain circumstances, you may be able to request removal of a page or file or a part of the history of a page or file from public visibility (for example, if you accidentally ...
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. v. WordLogic Corporation et al was a lawsuit involving the Wikimedia Foundation as plaintiff and the companies WordLogic Corporation and 602531 British Columbia, Ltd. as defendants over a patent dispute. [28] WordLogic claims that the Wikimedia Foundation and the MediaWiki free software infringes on at least Claim 19 ...
Feb 8, 2023 · “Having that protection there is what has allowed Wikipedia to be written by thousands of volunteer editors around the world over the last 22 years,” said Wikimedia Foundation’s Senior Legal...
