Ontem mesmo mandei um e-mail de protesto à Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Foi apenas
um pequenino e-mail, mas provavelmente se juntou à avalanche de protestos que eles estão
recebendo.
É interessante ver que, mesmo retirando da lista negra o artigo em questão, a IWF
insiste na interpretação de que a imagem é imprória ("the image in question is
potentially in breach of the Protection of Children Act 1978"), conforme nota
divulgada hoje.
A IWF fez um mea culpa parcial: reverteu a censura, mas insistiu na impropriedade da
foto. Disse que, nos casos em que essa imagem estiver hospedada fora do Reino Unido, não
vai adicioná-los à lista negra, mas que, do contrário, estando sob jurisdição britânica, a
IWF pode adotar os procedimentos normais (e assim adicionar à lista negra os arquivos que
estiverem no RU).
Por causa dessas manifestações dúbias e incoerentes, na discussão do artigo aparecem
várias dúvidas e críticas à IWF. Alguns disseram que, considerando a foto imprópria, não
haveria fundamento legal para a IWF retirar a Wikipédia da lista negra. A IWF deveria
reconsiderar a classificação da imagem para então desfazer a censura. Outros questionam o
poder de uma entidade privada realizar uma função pública (regular a liberdade de
informação) e determinar o que os britânicos podem acessar ou deixar de acessar.
Está interessante. É um bom caso para sentirmos o peso da marca Wikipédia e para
sentirmos também como a própria Wikipédia (incluindo a Wikimedia Foundation) reage.
Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto
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De: Thomas de Souza Buckup <thomasdesouzabuckup(a)gmail.com>
Para: Mailing list do Capítulo brasileiro da Wikimedia.
<wikimediabr-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Enviadas: Terça-feira, 9 de Dezembro de 2008 22:07:03
Assunto: [Wikimedia Brasil] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation applauds IWF decision
to reverse Wikipedia censorship in the United Kingdom
Para conhecimento geral....
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From: Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation applauds IWF decision to reverse Wikipedia
censorship in the United Kingdom
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
We're quite pleased to share this information with you. This press
release was distributed a few hours ago - we now have the news posted
on the WMF wiki and we've updated the blog.
Thanks are owed to many volunteers who spoke to the media and spread
the word about this situation, as well as those who have been working
on these and similar issues for quite some time. Thank you for
helping to make this possible!
Best,
--
Jay Walsh
Head of Communications
WikimediaFoundation.org
+1 (415) 839 6885 x 609
'Wikimedia Foundation applauds IWF decision to reverse Wikipedia
censorship in the United Kingdom'
Removal from Internet blacklist will also allow UK Wikipedians to
resume editing
San Francisco CA, December 9 - Earlier today the Internet Watch
Foundation (IWF), a non-profit agency tasked with preventing access
to potentially illegal internet content, reversed its ruling earlier
this week that prevented over 95% of UK internet users from
accessing an article about an album by a German rock band, The
Scorpions. As a result, UK Wikipedia users were unable to access all
of the editing functions on Wikipedia. With this decision, the IWF
has removed Wikipedia from its internet 'blacklist.'
"We are grateful to the IWF for making this swift decision, and to
thousands of internet users from around the world for their
outpouring of support," said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the
Wikimedia Foundation. "Millions of Britons now have access to all of
Wikipedia, and volunteers can resume their important editing work.
The Wikimedia Foundation greatly admires the work of our volunteers
- they care deeply about Wikipedia and are the first responders in
dealing with potentially illegal content on Wikipedia." Gardner
added that both the Foundation and its community of users "work hard
to be responsive and responsible when it comes to legitimate legal
concerns."
Mike Godwin, General Counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation stated:
"We recognize the good intentions of Internet watch groups,
including their focus on blocking and discouraging illegal content.
Nevertheless, this incident underscores the need for transparency
and accountability in the processes of the Internet Watch Foundation
and similar bodies around the world."
Added Godwin, "In the long run, monitoring groups need to develop a
public set of 'best practices.' These best practices should, at a
minimum, decrease the impact on content found to be lawful,
acknowledge the context in which the content at issue occurs, and be
maximally transparent both to service providers and to individual
users. There should be no false or misleading error messages when
online censorship does occur."
The Wikimedia Foundation had criticized the the lack of transparency
in the IWF's decision making and appeal process, as well as the
suspension of editing functions that resulted following the
censorship. UK Wikipedia editors account for over 25% of all editing
activity on the English Wikipedia.
The Wikimedia Foundation is open to dialog on these issues with the
IWF and other Internet watch groups.
Wikipedia, the fourth most-visited website in the world, is funded
in large part by donations from its users. The Wikimedia Foundation
is in the midst of its fifth global giving campaign. For more
information, visit
http://donate.wikimedia.org
'About the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia'
wikimediafoundation.org
wikipedia.org
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization which
operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore,
Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia
Foundation receive more than 270 million unique visitors per month,
making them the 4th most popular web property world-wide. Available
in more than 265 languages, Wikipedia provides more than 11 million
articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than
100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia
Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily
through donations and grants.
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Jay Walsh
Head of Communications
Wikimedia Foundation
jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org
+1 415-839-6885, ext 609
http://blog.wikimedia.org/
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