维基百科封杀美国司法部IP

由于来自美国司法部的电脑违规乱改文章，维基百科日前暂时封杀了司法部的全部IP。任何注册用户可以随意修改的维基百科已经成为许多利益集团和政府 部门进行恶意宣传和粉饰的一个阵地。去年已经传出，美国中情局等多个政府机构以及一些大公司肆意修改词条，删除不利于自己的丑闻内容。
        据了解，国内的百度空间也遇到类似问题，许多机构由于不满网民在百度空间发布的不利消息，而试图获得这些空间的控制权以进行修改。

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Wikipedia Battles Literary Agent Over Negative Comments

By K.C. Jones
InformationWeek
? 2, 2008 03:25 H

A literary agent has sued the

and Wikipedia contributors over negative remarks, but Wikimedia argues it’s not liable for user-generated content.

Barbara Bauer recently filed a lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court claiming that the Wikimedia Foundation is liable for postings that called her one of the "Dumbest of the twenty worst" agents, who has "no documented sales at all."

Courts have upheld the Communications Decency Act in several cases brought against Web sites and discussion boards for user-generated content. Courts have ruled that people with complaints of defamation on Web sites should target users who make comments, not the Web sites themselves.

While many sites add user-generated content to enhance user experience, Wikipedia relies almost entirely on posts from contributors.

However, as people increasingly use the Internet to bully or defame others, policy experts and courts have been scrutinizing Web sites’ responsibility to police content.

For example, the New Jersey attorney general has subpoenaed a college gossip site and begun an investigation into whether the site engages in fraud by telling users it will remove or block obscene or abusive posts.

Wikipedia has an editing process in place, which promotes neutral viewpoints and discourages personal attacks. It also allows people to dispute entries and removes postings that don’t comply with its policies. The site does not currently have an entry on Bauer. A Wikipedia deletion log shows the entry was deleted in March. It was first deleted in May 2006 and has since been restored and deleted several times, according to the deletion log.

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