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.