<div dir="ltr"><div class=""><img class="" id=":mn" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" alt=""></div><div><div>Hi, all-<br><br></div>As
 some of you certainly know, Section 230 of the Communications Decency 
Act[1] is a key legal tool that we use to protect speech on Wikipedia. <br><br>A
 group of state-level attorney generals have recently asked the US 
federal government to weaken Sec. 230. A couple of organizations have 
weighed in on the proposal:<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>CDT: <a href="https://www.cdt.org/blogs/andrew-mcdiarmid/2507section-230-under-attack-state-ags%E2%80%99-proposal-threatens-internet-we-know-i" target="_blank">https://www.cdt.org/blogs/andrew-mcdiarmid/2507section-230-under-attack-state-ags%E2%80%99-proposal-threatens-internet-we-know-i</a><br>


<br>EFF: <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/state-ags-threaten-gut-cda-230-speech-protections" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/state-ags-threaten-gut-cda-230-speech-protections</a></div>

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<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">And a more academic take from Eric Goldman: <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2287622&download=yes" target="_blank">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2287622&download=yes</a> <br>


</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">This 
is fairly core to what we do, obviously, so Stephen and I are monitoring
 it closely. Your involvement (questions, proposals for action, 
proposals for inaction, etc.) is (as always!) welcome.<br>
<br>Luis<br></div><br>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act</a><br clear="all">

<br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Luis Villa<br>Deputy General Counsel<br>Wikimedia Foundation<br>415.839.6885 ext. 6810<br><div><a value="+14158820495"></a><br><div><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="1">NOTICE: </font></span><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="1"><i>This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it 
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