Simon Blandford wrote:
I'm a little unclear on this from reading
Wikipedia's policy on libel.
It seems concerned only with libel of individuals. What is the policy
with regards to organisations? In the UK the libel laws cover
organisations as well as individuals.
From what I remember last time libel was a hot button issue, there is
little regard given to UK laws as there are no assets in the UK. I was
told people weren't overly worried about the UK law, only US law as that
is where the servers are held. Whether the position has changed, I
don't know, but I've argued before that there are certainly aspects of
publicity that may be of concern here, and also that European Union ties
may mean assets held within the union may be seizable under a UK ruling.
But I'm not a lawyer and I think a UK libel lawyer would be the best
person to work all this out. I would assume the foundation are up on
this and I think the policy on libel really has to come from the top
down. On the issue itself, I guess if that's the law in the UK, then UK
editors are going to have to be really careful about what they edit and
remove anything they feel may leave them open to a prosecution whenever
they edit a page.
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