Section 230 is the linchpin for Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:32 am
Wikipedia and WMF (the same entity) have hundreds of millions of dollars at their disposal yet they refuse to be act in a responsible, reasonable, and accountable manner.
If Wikipedia and WMF (the same entity) won't reform they need to be compelled to do so.
Section 230 repeal is the hammer that must be dropped on the WMF and Wikipedia.
WMF and Wikipedia has been structured to take advantage of a poorly written law;
"section 230 creates a federal immunity to any cause of action that would make service providers liable for information originating with a third-party user of the service," the 3rd Circuit wrote in its 1997 opinion"
Wikipedia and WMF see vulnerability in the loss of Section 230 protection yet they won't provocatively reform their operation and work-product.
Wikimedia Foundations senior public policy manager Sherwin Siy said Wikipedia and other nonprofits rely on Section 230 "to exist in the way that we do." Without it, Wikipedia would be exposed to liability if they did not immediately correct errors or soften certain language, Siy noted. "Wikipedia wouldn't exist but for Section 230. You could have an online encyclopedia, but you couldn't have an online encyclopedia that anyone could edit. Not unless you had all the lawyers in the world and a content moderation team that's the size of a country," Siy said.
Nobody is happy with Section 230
There is bipartisan support on this issue, Both President Donald Trump and presidential candidate Joe Biden have called for Section 230 to be revoked or removed.
Don't fight about the details
Wikipedia and WMF thrive on minutia, distraction, pointing fingers, divisiveness, and divide and conquer.
Fight WMF-Wikipedia by lobbying for Section 230 reform by contacting members of congress.
If Wikipedia and WMF (the same entity) won't reform they need to be compelled to do so.
Section 230 repeal is the hammer that must be dropped on the WMF and Wikipedia.
WMF and Wikipedia has been structured to take advantage of a poorly written law;
"section 230 creates a federal immunity to any cause of action that would make service providers liable for information originating with a third-party user of the service," the 3rd Circuit wrote in its 1997 opinion"
Wikipedia and WMF see vulnerability in the loss of Section 230 protection yet they won't provocatively reform their operation and work-product.
Wikimedia Foundations senior public policy manager Sherwin Siy said Wikipedia and other nonprofits rely on Section 230 "to exist in the way that we do." Without it, Wikipedia would be exposed to liability if they did not immediately correct errors or soften certain language, Siy noted. "Wikipedia wouldn't exist but for Section 230. You could have an online encyclopedia, but you couldn't have an online encyclopedia that anyone could edit. Not unless you had all the lawyers in the world and a content moderation team that's the size of a country," Siy said.
Nobody is happy with Section 230
There is bipartisan support on this issue, Both President Donald Trump and presidential candidate Joe Biden have called for Section 230 to be revoked or removed.
Don't fight about the details
Wikipedia and WMF thrive on minutia, distraction, pointing fingers, divisiveness, and divide and conquer.
Fight WMF-Wikipedia by lobbying for Section 230 reform by contacting members of congress.