[Wikimedia-l] Legality under French law of hosting personal details such as race and sexuality in Wikipedia

Anthony wikimail at inbox.org
Sun Aug 19 18:53:09 UTC 2012


On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The question at issue is whether French Wikimedians might be individually
> liable for violating French law if they add such categories in Wikipedia.

Seems possible.

Fortunately, Wikipedia offers both https and the ability to contribute
anonymously, for those who are worried about this sort of thing.



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