Submissions/Right to be forgotten and Wikipedia: A difficult relationship

This is a Completed submission for Wikimania 2017 ready to be reviewed by a member of the Programme Committee.

Submission no. 4016 - LE2

Title of the submission: Right to be forgotten and Wikipedia: A difficult relationship

Type of submission (lecture, panel, tutorial/workshop, roundtable discussion, lightning talk, poster, birds of a feather discussion): lecture

Author of the submission: Marco Correa (User:Warko).

Language of presentation: English

E-mail address: wm.mcorreagmail.com

Username: Warko

Country of origin: Chile

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.): Wikimedia Chile

Personal homepage or blog: @warkoholic

Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)

In 2014 the Court of Justice of the European Union recognized the right of an individual to not being perpetually or periodically stigmatized because of a specific action performed in the past, a right to be forgotten. Although the first affected was a Spanish newspaper, these decisions quickly expanded to other online sources of information, as Wikipedia, through the deindexation in the Google search engine. This was one of the big (legal) issues on Wikimania 2014, with Jimmy Wales saying the Court decision was a kind of censorship.

Three years after this, what is the current situation of the right to be forgotten? How Wikipedia is dealing with this right? Is this a real threat? We hope to give some answers to this questions.

What will attendees take away from this session?

Attendees will know more about the right to be forgotten and how to deal with it in the work with Wikipedia.

Theme of presentation

Legal & Free Culture

For workshops and discussions, what level is the intended audience?: Intermediate

Length of session (if other than 25 minutes, specify how long): ±20 minutes

Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?: Yes

Slides or further information (optional): "Derecho al olvido y nuevas formas de información: el caso de Wikipedia" (2016), Revista 93, Defensoría Penal Pública, pp. 44-46 (in Spanish).

Special requests: None

Is this Submission a Draft or Final?

This is a Completed submission for Wikimania 2017 ready to be reviewed by a member of the Programme Committee.

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