Wikimedia releases first transparency report: Over 300 content edit and takedown requests rejec

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The Wikimedia Foundation today released its first transparency report, giving a crucial first glimpse at the volume of government requests it receives for user data, content alterations and takedowns. Between June 2012 and June 2014, the Foundation received 56 requests for information about its users. Of these, the Foundation categorised 43 as "informal," or submissions that didn't involve a formal legal process. "For example, this would include a situation where a government sends us a letter or an email requesting nonpublic information about one of our users," the Foundation explains. To break this figure down further; 15 requests were from...

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After publishing its first-ever transparency report, the Wikimedia Foundation has issued fresh criticism over the controversial 'right to be forgotten' ruling introduced by the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) earlier this year. The Foundation said the ECJ's decision was now "undermining the world's ability to freely access accurate and verifiable records" online. Lila Tretikov, Executive Director for the Wikimedia Foundation, added that the ruling was also having a "direct" and "critical" impact on Wikipedia. Google has already received over 91,000 removal requests since the 'right to be forgotten' ruling came into effect.

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