[WikiEN-l] Classified information in Wikipedia

Fri Apr 1 11:44:01 UTC 2005

--- Robert Merkel <robert.merkel at benambra.org> wrote:
> Hi guys, 
> 
> Here's a hypothetical for you.  Say somebody posts a piece of
> information about, say, an American-designed weapon, to the Wikipedia. 
> A piece of information that the US government would prefer to be kept
> secret and thus is classified.  Now, the person that originally leaked
> the information could certainly be punished under US law, but is the
> Wikipedia under any *legal* obligation to delete the information,
> assuming it's relevant?

And assuming the information is verifiable -- this might be non-trivial for
leaked secrets.

-- Matt
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