I see how you could read it that way, but remember that to be included on
Wikipedia information should be notable and written in NPOV fashion, and
the BLP policy applies. If someone wants to contest information in their
BLP we have more subtle tools for handling disputes than pure removal,
although sometimes we will remove content.
Pine
On Aug 6, 2014 3:05 PM, "Trillium Corsage" <trillium2014(a)yandex.com>
wrote:
I see I am not the only one who noticed what WMF Legal
is doing, but I see
it a different way than Nathan. I see it as the WMF intimidating and
threatening those EU individuals who dare to to exercise their rights under
the court's ruling. Brigham and Paulson are basically saying "just try it.
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-…
[1]:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Notices_received_from_search_engines
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/000547.html
,
>
>
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/advocacy_advisors/2014-June/000539.html
> [2]
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:62012CJ0131
> [3]
>
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/file/d/0B8syaai6SSfiT0EwRUFyOENqR3M…
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/06/wikimedia-foundation-releases-first-t…
> [6]
>
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/06/european-court-decision-punches-holes…
> [7]
>
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/06/wikipedia-pages-censored-in-european-…
>
> --
> Stephen LaPorte
> Legal Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
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for,
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