We will
Streisand you."
Trillium Corsage
06.08.2014, 16:11, "Nathan" <email clipped>:
Thanks very much for this, Stephen and the legal
team. I especially
appreciate that the WMF has decided to make public the specific
notifications of the use of the "Right to be forgotten" in the
EU.[1]
It's
interesting that the bulk of the suppression
requests have come from
a single (ex?) Wikimedian targeting internal process pages of his
home
wiki.
Not shockingly, the RtF request is now in the top
5 results on a
Google search of that persons name.
The NY Times covered the transparency report:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/wikipedia-details-government-
data-requests/?src=twr
[1]:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Notices_received_from_search_engi
nes
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Stephen LaPorte <email clipped>
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> The “right to be forgotten” has been the subject of much
> discussion and debate (including on this list),[1] particularly
> following the May
European
> Court of Justice judgment ordering Google to
delist some links
> related
to a
> Spanish citizen.[2] Since then, search
engines have been receiving
requests
> to remove hundreds of thousands of URLs from
search results.
> Google recently released more information about its right to be
> forgotten requests.[3]
>
> The WMF legal team has been watching the “right to be forgotten”
> issue closely and considering what legal strategies we should take
> going
forward.
> Today, the WMF published its first
transparency report[4]—you can
> read
more
> in this blog post.[5] WMF held a press
briefing announcing our
strategy of
> advocacy and transparency on link
censorship. We will oppose what
> we
see as
> a misguided court decision that has resulted
in a crude
> implementation
of
> the “right to be forgotten.” Lila has also
issued a statement,[6]
> and, Geoff, WMF’s general counsel, and Michelle Paulson, WMF's
> legal
counsel,
> have published a blog on the subject.[7] As
the topic is of
> interest to this group, we wanted to keep you informed of these
> recent legal developments.
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen
>
> [1]
>
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/advocacy_advisors/2014-June/00054
7.html
,
>
>
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/advocacy_advisors/2014-June/00053
9.html
> [2]
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:62012CJ0131
> [3]
>
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/file/d/0B8syaai6SSfiT0EwRUFyOE
NqR3M/edit
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/06/wikimedia-foundation-releases-fi
rst-transparency-report/
> [6]
>
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/06/european-court-decision-punches-
holes-in-free-knowledge/
> [7]
>
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/06/wikipedia-pages-censored-in-euro
pean-search-results/
>
> --
> Stephen LaPorte
> Legal Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> *NOTICE: As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal
> and ethical reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a
> lawyer
for,
> community members, volunteers, or staff
members in their personal
capacity.
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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.*
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