Research:Intermediary liability law study for Yale Law School

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Created
22:46, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
Duration:  2017-June – 2017-September

This page documents a planned research project.
Information may be incomplete and change before the project starts.


This project analyzes the legal frameworks supporting websites like the Wikimedia projects, especially Wikipedia, and how those frameworks are effective for correcting false information through an independent and autonomous community movement. This will assist in explaining and supporting these legal frameworks.

Methods[edit]

This project will involve legal research and review of relevant cases.

Timeline[edit]

Initial draft to Yale due August 1, 2017. Article publication expected in September 2017.

Policy, Ethics and Human Subjects Research[edit]

Not applicable to this project.

Results[edit]

The article has been published at https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/wikipedia-and-intermediary-immunity and we will be releasing it in an open source format soon per an agreement with Yale.

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