On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Sue Gardner sgardner@wikimedia.org wrote:
The Wikimedia Foundation first heard about this a few hours ago: we don't have a lot of details yet. Jay is gathering information and working on a statement now.
It seems obvious though that the proposed law would hurt freedom of expression in Italy, and therefore it's entirely reasonable for the Italian Wikipedians to oppose it. The Wikimedia Foundation will support their position.
Is this the first time that WMF has actively taken a stance on politics and legislation?
-- John Vandenberg