firesteelrain 15 hours ago

Wikipedia/Wikimedia could move to a country that allows this type of manipulation on their platform or figure out how to comply with the existing US law.

Wikipedia could also stop operating as a 501c3 and incorporate.

But the typical out for these organizations are that they are not responsible for what people post. I don’t feel like that is very responsible. They already have moderation on the platform.

But Wikimedia/pedia can’t claim 501c3 status. It could spin off the political content/controversial into 501c4 which has more leeway. It can tighten editorial controls, emphasize first amendment, look at Section 230. Publish reports showing how misinformation is identified and corrected, partner with fact checking organizations.

But also if they cannot police their own content without an unpaid army of volunteers then herein lies the bigger issue with their model.

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blibble 13 hours ago

or they could move to a country that respects the rule of law and continue operating as they do at present

may I suggest Switzerland

firesteelrain 1 hour ago

It’s not about that. It’s about tax avoidance. By saying they are 501c3, there are rules and laws they must follow or risk losing their 501c3 status. Now that they have been put on notice, it’s important for them to tighten up

kurtreed2 14 hours ago

Except they have a financial cancer. If the government investigations uncover more scandals, beyond what were found in the Israel-Palestine topic area, public support and goodwill for Wikipedia will evaporate overnight, and they'll have no choice but to liquidate or absorbed into a successor organization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:CANCER