Knowledge

:Knowledge Signpost/2020-12-28/News and notes - Knowledge

Source 📝

1446:
situation described by one medieval commentator: one could have three people sharing the same room in an inn who are governed by three entirely different sets of laws. Too many online communities are international in nature, which inevitably causes problems for all involved. I don't know if this will result in a good thing -- by guaranteeing some minimum expectations of freedom of speech -- or a bad thing -- by enforcing the worst practices of any country upon all of the others. Nevertheless, the need for a level ground is clearly needed, & hopefully we average netizens can be involved & protect our natural rights before the corporations impose terms that benefit only them. --
103: 979: 541:, possibly next month already). The group appreciates that in contrast to earlier versions, the current proposal "will exclude material disseminated for educational, journalistic, artistic or research purposes" and "content which represents an expression of polemic or controversial views in the course of public debate." Still, it criticizes that "the competent authorities will not be judicial or independent." Also, the group notes that its "desired outcome ... has not been reached" on the subject of cross-border removal orders. (This issue might become more salient if 590: 420: 475:) frequently include provisions prohibiting clearly harmful but often hard-to-define and even platform-specific things like harassment, disruptive behavior, or trolling. At what point would a regulator or a litigious user think that a certain volume of trolling meant that a service wasn't being 'diligent' in enforcing its 'don’t troll other users' rule? Or what happens when someone whose posts are moderated, or who thinks someone else's behavior should be moderated, decides that the moderators aren’t being 'objective?' 920: 110: 130: 1156: 192: 90: 443:, the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU reacted with "very rough first notes", expressing appreciation that the DSA reflects "the idea of safeguarding fundamental rights and freedom of speech even within online services", but warning that "Communities/community-driven moderation and platforms are not really thought of anywhere, which leads to a few risks." (The group consists of European Wikimedia chapters and community members, and is also known as the 120: 36: 140: 1307:, which on the face of it isn't a much more thoughtful stance than Trump's. But I think the difference is that once he is in office, people expect Biden to leave this kind of campaign-time ranting behind him, and to be much better than Trump at listening to experts and taking potential negative consequences of his actions into account. In any case, presidents can't repeal Section 230, only Congress can. 100: 462:, "with due regard to the rights and legitimate interests of all parties involved, including the applicable fundamental rights of the recipients of the service". The EU Policy group is concerned "that people claiming rights in bad faith might try to alter Knowledge articles by going over a legal process supposed to force platform operators to defend fundamental rights." The Foundation said: 848: 150: 518:, the EU Policy group clarifies that the other big new proposal unveiled by the EU Commission on December 15, for the Digital Markets Act, should not affect Wikimedia projects and organizations: "This basically is a list of 'dos and don’t' for very large platforms that have a so-called gatekeeper position on the 1599:
I inferred a couple of words not there: "Failure to override the veto would delay $ 740 billion in defense appropriations..." which I think is closer to correct. Overseas contingencies are already authorized, so the totally correct statement would be "Failure to override the veto would delay $ 740
495:
says that an online provider will be presumed to know about illegal content — and thus be liable for it — once it gets a notice from anyone that that illegal content exists. There’s a number of different ways that ambiguities in this section can create problems . For example, if the Foundation got a
1445:
It's looking more & more that instead of separate countries, or even finite groups of countries (such as the EU) establishing differing laws about free speech, we need an international treaty concerning copyright, defamation, & hate speech for online fora. This is approaching the unworkable
1510:
because "sculptors in Australia should not be treated differently to other visual artists." This, however, may kill thousands of CC/PD-licensed images of Australian 3D public art at Commons and may collaterally damage many enwiki articles on Australian 3D public art (forcing these to use "non free
1583:
The article says "Failure to override the veto would delay $ 740 billion in defense appropriations, so would also be very difficult." Note that the bill that was vetoed is an authorizations bill, not an appropriations bill. The President signed the omnibus appropriations and COVID bill, including
1287:
This is a rather positive end to the dumpster fire aka 2020. But I have a question: many people here are apparently worried that Trump's repeal of Section 230 will negatively affect Knowledge. But if I recall correctly, Biden also wants to repeal Section 230. Is anyone worried that Biden may also
878:
was used to edit and edit counts are murky - perhaps there were a few hundred thousand edits using UseModWiki, some but not all of which have since been recovered and reloaded into the system as part of the thousand million edits. Some purists might wish to include the number of edits transferred
1316:"Biden's fervent support of SOPA-PIPA, two Hollywood-backed anti-piracy laws that the industry protested in 2012. 'Biden has always been viewed as sort of Hollywood's guy on tech and telecom policy,' Democratic campaign veteran said. Biden's deputy campaign manager for communications strategy, 1246: 143: 113: 70: 883:
to Knowledge as well. While the "billionth edit" may be inexact, it does symbolize a remarkable achievement – an encyclopedia of over 6,215,569 articles built by at least 1,000,000,000 edits. Even if a hundred million or more of those were vandalism or spam.
994:
on December 7 that it had reached a fundraising milestone allowing it in turn to fund the planting of 400,000 trees. It is working with the Plant Your Change initiative which aims to plant 100 million trees in the next decade, as part of the foundation's
315:
for the 2021 fiscal year. At 5,593 pages, it is the longest bill ever passed by Congress. Besides details on the actual appropriations, it contains around "3,000 pages totally unrelated bills that Congress couldn't pass through the rest of the year" (as
153: 133: 496:
notice from someone alleging they had been defamed on one article, what would the Foundation be responsible for, if the alleged defamation was referenced in or spread across multiple articles, or talk pages, that the user may not have specified?
466:
that 'diligent, objective and proportionate' can mean very different things depending on who you ask, and that community-governed platforms would be hurt by unclear standards and a lack of discretion. Terms of use (like the Foundation’s
364:
the CASE Act's $ 30,000 maximum fine with the $ 600 COVID-19 relief introduced elsewhere in the same appropriations act: "you're going to need 50 stimulus checks to cover the damages demanded by a copyright owner in your first CASE Act
937:
that "the tally of active administrators...does not appear likely to rise above 500 again, unless there is a major change in trend." Well, we are ending the month (as of time of publication) with 504 active admin accounts on
996: 571:
accessed Knowledge article without a judge’s stamp. But we also have one fail - the hosting Member States agency won’t have a veto right on production orders if fundamental rights are violated by the issuing prosecutor."
184: 955: 368:
The other new provision makes it a felony to stream copyright protected content. While it seems less likely to affect Wikimedia contributors, it is worth noting that a different version of it had been part of the 2011/12
306:
While Trump's current challenge to Section 230 may seem unlikely to succeed, two other legal year-end surprises are set to become law that will affect Internet users and platforms. On December 21, Congress approved the
298:
A simple repeal of the section, which would have to be written into a new bill, and then passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the president, would likely be very difficult. Failure to override the veto would
1471:
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of
348:, who argue that it does not appropriately protect individuals from "sophisticated actors" (corporations, copyright "trolls" and similar abusers). Other law experts worry that the new mechanism may be used to target 1616:
Just to be sure everybody knows now, the NDAA veto was overridden by the Senate at long last today, so there is no pressure to remove the Section 230 protections right now. This may of course come up later again.
486:
Secondly, the EU Policy group argues that "in Articles 14-19 (basically the content moderation systems) we need stronger safeguards and rights for communities and individual users ('counter-notices' within the
412: 953:
for a supply of 17 new admins a year to maintain a cadre of 500 active admins. It isn't just that a large majority of our active admins were appointed over a decade ago. Only 50 of our current administrators
1331:"while was a Senator, he was a reliable vote on whatever terrible copyright bill Hollywood pushed for, and then in the White House he was, again, a giant proponent of Hollywood's agenda. He convened a 1103: 1511:
images"). I don't have any latest news on FOP from EU and other regions and areas. Theoretically a global FOP is possible, but very unlikely for this year, this decade, or the next decades to come.
1335:
that was only representatives of legacy industries -- with no one representing internet companies, independent artists who use the internet, or any of the many artist and consumer groups out there."
934: 1537:
Addition: not to mention the restrictions to FOP made by the Central American countries of Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua during 2000s, each restricting FOP to "personal use only" (see also
1440: 1455: 1099: 500: 479: 448: 317: 1320:, was a former vice president of communications with the Motion Picture Association of America, a trade group that counts Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Warner as members." 76: 30:
Year-end legal surprises cause concern, but Public Domain Day is imminent: New laws in the US and Europe might enable trolls; sad admin milestone for English Knowledge, or not?
1630: 1609: 227: 511:, which ensure that the Foundation can continue hosting the knowledge of countless editors and contributors" (similar to Section 230 in the United States, see also above). 386: 1261: 1190: 1410: 1394: 1353: 1210: 840: 1570: 1532: 1200: 123: 1593: 545:
persist that some EU countries like Hungary and Poland fail to uphold the rule of law and democratic principles such as media freedom and judiciary independence.)
1430: 1303:
There is definitely reason to be concerned about Biden's position in this matter as well. In January 2020, during the primaries, he called for Section 230 to be
1215: 542: 1485: 1205: 1143: 1134: 378: 458:
Firstly, Article 12-2 requires online services to "act in a diligent, objective and proportionate manner in applying and enforcing the restrictions" of their
1499: 1185: 491:
system being one basic example)." The Wikimedia Foundation is worried that it will become subject to undue burden caused by a vague wording in Article 14:
1304: 1173: 610: 1584:
appropriations for the Department of Defense, on December 27, 2020. So the veto of the authorization bill does not delay the defense appropriations. —
226:, which had passed Congress with a "veto-proof majority". His stated reasons were the inclusion in the bill of a process that could be used to rename 1297: 1379: 1167: 912: 389:
to the entire Consolidated Appropriations Act (over his objections to the $ 600 relief amount). However, as we go to press on Sunday, December 27,
55: 44: 1365: 1326: 1230: 1195: 198:
In a complex late-2020 budget/policy scenario, retention of Confederate names at U.S. installations could affect Wikipedians' legal protections (
1235: 1225: 1220: 235: 1695: 564: 1600:
billion in defense appropriations...", which is probably puzzling to "lay" readers, and I'm not sure it's better to write it that way. -
300: 1123: 1266: 600:, whose text will enter the public domain on January 1 (with the dust jacket already being in the public domain for different reasons) 472: 468: 862:
The billionth edit to English Knowledge made in the current Knowledge database software will be made soon – according to analysis by
324:). These include two controversial copyright bills which were only publicly confirmed to be part of the act on the day of the vote: 530: 1578: 1273: 939: 93: 21: 1671: 1250: 1502:), I have a gut feeling that there might be a reversal of FOP statuses in several countries. For instance, the conclusion in 1666: 1661: 1466: 308: 1503: 991: 640: 452: 1656: 1289: 241:
Voting on a veto override is expected to take place on Monday, December 28, a day after publication of this issue of
1563: 1525: 1359: 396: 259:, and social media sites in general, from lawsuits arising from most user generated content. In 2017 the WMF said 385:
Ironically, during the last few days the remaining obstacle for both provisions to become law was the threat of
958:. We are not recruiting enough admins from among members of the community who joined us between 2011 and 2019. 582: 337: 1310:
Still, presidents have lots of other levers affecting internet and communications policy, such as the FCC. As
1282: 867: 854: 1651: 1155: 336:, without having to go through the court system. It had been opposed by public interest groups such as the 49: 35: 17: 1538: 1119: 965: 899: 871: 742: 211: 870:
on 15 January. The current Knowledge database was initiated on January 25–26, 2002, when Knowledge used
1546: 662: 522:. To be part of that club you need to have a turnover of over 6.5 billion euro, so Wikimedia is out." 762:
are also affected, but not necessarily the performances of those works. Compositions affected include
1589: 1542: 1311: 451:
on the DSA. The two groups highlighted different aspects within the same two areas of concern in the
731: 942:, and it was over 520 earlier this year. At first blush, this looks like good news going forward? 525:
But the report notes relevant recent developments on several other ongoing EU regulation efforts:
507:
On the other hand, the Foundation's Public Policy team applauded "that the DSA preserves of the
949:, the long-term trend is still unsustainable: The average new admin would need to be active for 515: 440: 1507: 1416: 1293: 978: 946: 684: 519: 267:
that "to ensure that laws support vibrant online communities such as Knowledge", it had joined
171: 1337:
I guess one needs to hope that he has evolved a bit on these matters, like he has on his past
1332: 1338: 361: 312: 332:
will enable copyright owners to bring alleged copyright violations before a tribunal at the
1677: 1642: 1623: 1605: 1585: 1557: 1519: 919: 893: 834: 750: 508: 488: 459: 432: 402: 264: 256: 8: 1500:
Wikimedia South Africa's subpage detailing track progress of the Copyright Amendment Bill
1491: 764: 759: 720: 698: 651: 623: 549: 538: 436: 201: 589: 1405: 1390: 1374: 1007: 906: 809: 673: 391: 260: 606: 1451: 1257: 971: 813: 534: 431:
On December 15, the European Commission unveiled its long awaited proposals for the
419: 1462: 1317: 656: 645: 618: 447:.) The Wikimedia Foundation's Public Policy team followed up a few days later with 345: 341: 333: 288: 238:
states that "Section 230 facilitates the spread of foreign disinformation online".
947:
only 243 new admins in the last ten years and only 17 new administrators this year
1618: 1601: 1551: 1513: 805: 789: 689: 667: 167: 1349: 926:
Number of active administrators by month in 2020 – over 500 more often than not
825: 785: 678: 634: 374: 185:
Year-end legal surprises aimed at changes to Section 230 and U.S. copyright law
1385:
Is that article edits, or edits in all namespaces (user and talk pages, etc)?
529:"On December 10th a compromise was adopted on terrorist content regulation" (" 311:, which combines $ 900 billion in COVID-19 stimulus aid with a $ 1.4 trillion 246: 219: 1689: 1481: 1426: 1401: 1386: 1370: 1001: 961: 887: 781: 777: 725: 708: 567:
regulation, "we got one fix - prosecutors won’t be able get data about which
444: 1447: 1368:
to the billionth edit blurb. MediaWiki proper wasn't used until July 2002.
821: 793: 769: 736: 629: 357: 215: 1495: 1490:
In the context of copyright, one more thing is the never-ending issue of
829: 801: 413:
Will European trolls become able to sue over code of conduct enforcement?
271:, a newly formed coalition aiming to defend Section 230. Members include 261:"The Knowledge we know today simply would not exist without Section 230." 252: 231: 191: 71:
Year-end legal surprises cause concern, but Public Domain Day is imminent
875: 797: 568: 353: 272: 866:
staff, likely between 12 January and 16 January, just before or after
1345: 817: 773: 575: 557: 406: 284: 223: 175: 613:
at the Duke University School of Law. The books affected include:
1476: 1421: 1322: 553: 548:
The EU Policy group worries that an exception in the EU's proposed
349: 329: 321: 292: 163: 1091: 1032:: The following Knowledge projects reached milestones this month: 1494:. While there's 50% chance of FOP introduction in countries like 880: 268: 280: 228:
military bases that are named for Confederate military leaders
1504:
this Art Law Centre of Australia article on public sculptures
605:
On January 1, 2021, works first published in 1925 in the US
441:
special edition of its monthly "EU Policy Monitoring Report"
303:
in defense appropriations, so would also be very difficult.
1072: 847: 370: 276: 1314:
by Protocol.com earlier this year, there is concern about
1081: 1062: 1053: 1044: 1035: 1022: 1020:
welcomes the English Knowledge's newest administrator,
1441:
Section 230, CASE Act, & the Digital Services Act
533:", still to be finalized and formally adopted by the 1288:negatively affect Knowledge if he repeals the law? 1271:If your comment has not appeared here, you can try 956:first created their accounts in the last ten years 841:Billionth edit draws closer, as does 20th birthday 1687: 291:and other internet platforms (but none of the 218:created more puzzlement on Wednesday with his 611:the Center for the Study of the Public Domain 377:bills that Knowledge and many other websites 161: 1339:tough-on-crime and anti-LGBTQ policymaking 499:— Wikimedia Foundation Public Policy Team 478:— Wikimedia Foundation Public Policy Team 399:Consolidated Appropriations Act into law. 1640:Make sure we cover what matters to you – 913:Reversal of active administrator decline? 426:Logo of the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group 224:United States defense appropriations act 1274: 14: 1688: 1467:Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1126:'s status as an affiliate has lapsed. 247:first veto override of his presidency 54: 29: 1696:Knowledge Signpost archives 2020-12 997:carbon footprint reduction strategy 596:First edition dust jacket cover of 27: 1154: 977: 918: 846: 588: 418: 190: 56: 34: 28: 1707: 1506:seems to advocate the removal of 1256:These comments are automatically 245:. If successful, it would be the 1415:Also file uploads, I think, see 695:On the Trail of Negro Folk-Songs 148: 138: 128: 118: 108: 98: 88: 1469:article 19 covers free speech: 309:Consolidated Appropriations Act 1267:add the page to your watchlist 338:Electronic Frontier Foundation 230:, and the lack of a repeal of 13: 1: 1610:17:47, 30 December 2020 (UTC) 1594:16:30, 30 December 2020 (UTC) 1508:FOP for 3D works in Australia 1486:02:02, 30 December 2020 (UTC) 1465:governing copyright. And the 1456:22:42, 29 December 2020 (UTC) 1431:02:02, 30 December 2020 (UTC) 1411:12:40, 28 December 2020 (UTC) 1395:08:07, 28 December 2020 (UTC) 1380:06:48, 28 December 2020 (UTC) 1354:10:27, 28 December 2020 (UTC) 1298:05:29, 28 December 2020 (UTC) 1242: 607:will enter the public domain 537:, and to be voted on by the 18:Knowledge:Knowledge Signpost 7: 1631:20:57, 1 January 2021 (UTC) 10: 1712: 1533:08:15, 26 April 2021 (UTC) 935:noted exactly one year ago 768:and some works written by 1571:12:43, 29 June 2021 (UTC) 1399:Edits in all namespaces. 868:Knowledge's 20th birthday 855:Knowledge's 20th birthday 715:Films affected include: 552:"is worded in a way that 473:Universal Code of Conduct 255:provides immunity to the 1539:c:Commons:FOP Costa Rica 560:might have issues with". 1547:c:Commons:FOP Nicaragua 1096:below 2,000,000 entries 583:Public Domain Day, 2021 1579:Delayed appropriations 1543:c:Commons:FOP Honduras 1463:international treaties 1417:Special:Diff/997082405 1305:"revoked, immediately" 1264:. To follow comments, 1159: 1120:Affiliations Committee 985:Growing the wikiforest 982: 923: 851: 705:The Writing of Fiction 685:The Secret of Chimneys 593: 505: 484: 423: 195: 39: 1158: 1100:the cleanup continues 990:Wikimedia Foundation 981: 922: 850: 592: 493: 464: 422: 397:Trump just signed the 379:protested at the time 356:usage. Law professor 313:omnibus spending bill 194: 38: 1260:from this article's 874:. Before that date, 760:musical compositions 751:Lovers in Quarantine 509:e-Commerce Directive 460:terms and conditions 433:Digital Services Act 263:On December 15, WMF 257:Wikimedia Foundation 1492:freedom of panorama 1124:User Group Botswana 1122:announced that the 1092:Malagasy Wiktionary 1063:Mongolian Knowledge 765:Sweet Georgia Brown 699:Dorothy Scarborough 652:An American Tragedy 624:F. Scott Fitzgerald 550:Data Governance Act 539:European Parliament 489:Notice & Action 449:"early impressions" 437:Digital Markets Act 301:delay $ 740 billion 1643:leave a suggestion 1498:and South Africa ( 1251:Discuss this story 1191:Arbitration report 1160: 1147:"News and notes" → 983: 924: 852: 810:Fletcher Henderson 663:Manhattan Transfer 594: 424: 395:has reported that 392:The New York Times 387:another Trump veto 196: 45:← Back to Contents 40: 1275:purging the cache 1211:News from the WMF 1116:Lapsed user-group 1045:Burmese Knowledge 1036:Bengali Knowledge 1014:New administrator 1004: 968: 909: 902: 896: 890: 872:phase II software 837: 814:Jelly Roll Morton 578: 535:Council of the EU 409: 172:WereSpielChequers 50:View Latest Issue 1703: 1680: 1645: 1626: 1569: 1568: 1531: 1530: 1479: 1474:So, what now? ☆ 1424: 1408: 1377: 1366:made some tweaks 1318:Kate Bedingfield 1278: 1276: 1270: 1249: 1201:Featured content 1178: 1170: 1168:28 December 2020 1163: 1146: 1139:"News and notes" 1138: 1073:Picard Knowledge 1040:100,000 articles 1025: 1000: 959: 904: 898: 892: 885: 857:is on 15 January 833: 657:Theodore Dreiser 646:Ernest Hemingway 619:The Great Gatsby 598:The Great Gatsby 573: 503: 482: 400: 346:Authors Alliance 342:Public Knowledge 334:Copyright Office 236:His veto message 178: 152: 151: 142: 141: 132: 131: 122: 121: 112: 111: 102: 101: 92: 91: 62: 60: 58: 57:28 December 2020 1711: 1710: 1706: 1705: 1704: 1702: 1701: 1700: 1686: 1685: 1684: 1683: 1682: 1681: 1676: 1674: 1669: 1664: 1659: 1654: 1647: 1641: 1637: 1636: 1629: 1624: 1586:Salton Finneger 1581: 1554: 1550: 1516: 1512: 1475: 1443: 1420: 1419:for example. ☆ 1406: 1375: 1362: 1333:'piracy summit' 1285: 1280: 1272: 1265: 1254: 1253: 1247:+ Add a comment 1245: 1241: 1240: 1239: 1216:Recent research 1171: 1166: 1164: 1161: 1150: 1149: 1144: 1141: 1136: 1130: 1129: 1082:Oromo Knowledge 1067:20,000 articles 1058:30,000 articles 1049:80,000 articles 1021: 1010: 987: 986: 975: 974: 928: 927: 916: 915: 859: 858: 844: 843: 806:Richard Rodgers 743:The Merry Widow 690:Agatha Christie 668:John Dos Passos 609:, according to 602: 601: 586: 585: 543:recent concerns 520:internal market 498: 477: 445:EU Policy group 428: 427: 416: 415: 208: 207: 188: 187: 180: 179: 160: 159: 158: 149: 139: 129: 119: 109: 99: 89: 83: 80: 69: 65: 63: 53: 52: 47: 41: 31: 26: 25: 24: 12: 11: 5: 1709: 1699: 1698: 1675: 1670: 1665: 1660: 1655: 1650: 1649: 1648: 1639: 1638: 1635: 1634: 1633: 1621: 1613: 1612: 1580: 1577: 1576: 1575: 1574: 1573: 1535: 1442: 1439: 1438: 1437: 1436: 1435: 1434: 1433: 1361: 1360:Billionth edit 1358: 1357: 1356: 1342: 1308: 1284: 1281: 1255: 1252: 1244: 1243: 1238: 1233: 1228: 1223: 1218: 1213: 1208: 1206:Traffic report 1203: 1198: 1193: 1188: 1183: 1181:News and notes 1177: 1165: 1153: 1152: 1151: 1142: 1133: 1132: 1131: 1128: 1127: 1113: 1112: 1111: 1088: 1086:1,000 articles 1079: 1077:5,000 articles 1070: 1060: 1051: 1042: 1027: 1009: 1006: 988: 984: 976: 973: 970: 945:However, with 929: 925: 917: 914: 911: 860: 853: 845: 842: 839: 826:Sippie Wallace 786:Duke Ellington 756: 755: 747: 739: 728: 713: 712: 702: 692: 681: 679:Sinclair Lewis 670: 659: 648: 637: 635:Virginia Woolf 626: 603: 595: 587: 584: 581: 580: 579: 563:Regarding the 561: 546: 516:monthly report 497: 476: 471:, or even the 429: 425: 417: 414: 411: 383: 382: 366: 269:Internet.Works 209: 197: 189: 186: 183: 182: 181: 157: 156: 146: 136: 126: 116: 106: 96: 85: 84: 81: 75: 74: 73: 72: 68:News and notes 67: 66: 64: 61: 48: 43: 42: 33: 32: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1708: 1697: 1694: 1693: 1691: 1679: 1673: 1668: 1663: 1658: 1653: 1644: 1632: 1627: 1620: 1615: 1614: 1611: 1607: 1603: 1598: 1597: 1596: 1595: 1591: 1587: 1572: 1566: 1565: 1560: 1559: 1553: 1548: 1544: 1540: 1536: 1534: 1528: 1527: 1522: 1521: 1515: 1509: 1505: 1501: 1497: 1493: 1489: 1488: 1487: 1483: 1478: 1473: 1468: 1464: 1460: 1459: 1458: 1457: 1453: 1449: 1432: 1428: 1423: 1418: 1414: 1413: 1412: 1409: 1404: 1403: 1398: 1397: 1396: 1392: 1388: 1384: 1383: 1382: 1381: 1378: 1373: 1372: 1367: 1355: 1351: 1347: 1343: 1340: 1336: 1334: 1328: 1324: 1321: 1319: 1313: 1309: 1306: 1302: 1301: 1300: 1299: 1295: 1291: 1277: 1268: 1263: 1259: 1248: 1237: 1234: 1232: 1229: 1227: 1224: 1222: 1219: 1217: 1214: 1212: 1209: 1207: 1204: 1202: 1199: 1197: 1194: 1192: 1189: 1187: 1184: 1182: 1179: 1175: 1169: 1162:In this issue 1157: 1148: 1140: 1125: 1121: 1117: 1114: 1109: 1107: 1101: 1097: 1093: 1089: 1087: 1083: 1080: 1078: 1074: 1071: 1068: 1064: 1061: 1059: 1055: 1054:Ido Knowledge 1052: 1050: 1046: 1043: 1041: 1037: 1034: 1033: 1031: 1028: 1024: 1019: 1015: 1012: 1011: 1005: 1003: 998: 993: 980: 969: 967: 963: 957: 952: 948: 943: 941: 936: 933: 921: 910: 908: 901: 895: 889: 882: 877: 873: 869: 865: 856: 849: 838: 836: 831: 827: 823: 819: 815: 811: 807: 803: 799: 795: 791: 787: 783: 782:Irving Berlin 779: 778:Sidney Bechet 775: 771: 767: 766: 761: 753: 752: 748: 745: 744: 740: 738: 734: 733: 729: 727: 726:Buster Keaton 723: 722: 718: 717: 716: 710: 709:Edith Wharton 706: 703: 700: 696: 693: 691: 687: 686: 682: 680: 676: 675: 671: 669: 665: 664: 660: 658: 654: 653: 649: 647: 643: 642: 638: 636: 632: 631: 627: 625: 621: 620: 616: 615: 614: 612: 608: 599: 591: 577: 570: 566: 562: 559: 555: 551: 547: 544: 540: 536: 532: 528: 527: 526: 523: 521: 517: 512: 510: 504: 502: 492: 490: 483: 481: 474: 470: 463: 461: 456: 454: 453:proposal text 450: 446: 442: 438: 434: 421: 410: 408: 404: 398: 394: 393: 388: 380: 376: 372: 367: 363: 359: 355: 351: 347: 343: 339: 335: 331: 327: 326: 325: 323: 319: 314: 310: 304: 302: 296: 294: 290: 286: 282: 278: 274: 270: 266: 262: 258: 254: 250: 248: 244: 239: 237: 234:in the bill. 233: 229: 225: 221: 217: 214:US President 213: 205: 203: 193: 177: 173: 169: 165: 155: 147: 145: 137: 135: 127: 125: 117: 115: 107: 105: 97: 95: 87: 86: 78: 59: 51: 46: 37: 23: 19: 1582: 1562: 1556: 1524: 1518: 1470: 1444: 1400: 1369: 1363: 1330: 1315: 1290:45.251.33.98 1286: 1186:In the media 1180: 1174:all comments 1115: 1105: 1095: 1085: 1076: 1066: 1057: 1048: 1039: 1029: 1018:The Signpost 1017: 1013: 989: 951:thirty years 950: 944: 932:The Signpost 931: 930: 864:The Signpost 863: 861: 822:Bessie Smith 794:Ira Gershwin 770:Lovie Austin 763: 757: 749: 741: 737:Harold Lloyd 732:The Freshman 730: 719: 714: 704: 694: 683: 672: 661: 650: 639: 630:Mrs Dalloway 628: 617: 604: 597: 524: 513: 506: 494: 485: 465: 457: 439:(DMA). In a 430: 390: 384: 365:proceeding". 360:unfavorably 358:Eric Goldman 305: 297: 295:companies). 251: 243:The Signpost 242: 240: 216:Donald Trump 210: 200:soldiers at 199: 176:Tilman Bayer 94:PDF download 1678:Suggestions 1327:reminded us 1283:Section 230 1258:transcluded 1094:has fallen 1008:Brief notes 830:Fats Waller 802:Lorenz Hart 754:, a comedy. 641:In Our Time 253:Section 230 232:Section 230 144:X (Twitter) 1619:Smallbones 1602:Bri.public 1564:Contrib's. 1552:JWilz12345 1526:Contrib's. 1514:JWilz12345 1472:frontiers. 1461:There are 1364:I've just 1312:summarized 1030:Milestones 1023:Hammersoft 972:O Wikibaum 876:UseModWiki 798:W.C. Handy 674:Arrowsmith 565:e-Evidence 501:via Medium 480:via Medium 435:(DSA) and 354:de minimis 318:summarized 273:Automattic 168:Smallbones 82:Share this 77:Contribute 22:2020-12-28 1672:Subscribe 1625:smalltalk 1344:Regards, 1262:talk page 1104:previous 992:announced 818:Ma Rainey 774:Amy Beach 735:starring 724:starring 558:Europeana 285:Pinterest 265:announced 212:Lame duck 1690:Category 1667:Newsroom 1662:Archives 1387:AnonMoos 1323:Techdirt 1137:Previous 1108:coverage 1106:Signpost 940:the list 554:Wikidata 362:compared 350:fair use 344:and the 330:CASE Act 322:Techdirt 293:Big Tech 202:Camp Lee 134:Facebook 124:LinkedIn 114:Mastodon 20:‎ | 1448:llywrch 1231:Gallery 1196:Opinion 881:Nupedia 721:Go West 514:In its 340:(EFF), 222:of the 1545:, and 1402:Graham 1371:Graham 1236:Humour 1118:: The 964:& 897:& 891:& 828:, and 790:George 531:TERREG 405:& 289:Medium 281:Reddit 154:Reddit 104:E-mail 1657:About 1329:that 1325:also 1226:Op-Ed 1221:Essay 1102:(see 1098:, as 879:from 758:Some 469:Terms 204:shown 16:< 1652:Home 1606:talk 1590:talk 1558:Talk 1520:Talk 1496:ours 1482:talk 1452:talk 1427:talk 1391:talk 1350:talk 1346:HaeB 1294:talk 1145:Next 1090:The 903:and 804:and 792:and 556:and 375:PIPA 371:SOPA 352:and 328:The 277:eBay 220:veto 174:and 1549:). 1477:Bri 1422:Bri 746:and 707:by 701:and 697:by 688:by 677:by 666:by 655:by 644:by 633:by 622:by 320:by 164:Bri 162:By 79:— 1692:: 1608:) 1592:) 1541:, 1484:) 1454:) 1429:) 1407:87 1393:) 1376:87 1352:) 1296:) 1135:← 1084:: 1075:: 1065:: 1056:: 1047:: 1038:: 1016:: 1002:-B 999:. 960:– 905:– 886:– 835:-S 832:. 824:, 820:, 816:, 812:, 808:, 800:, 796:, 788:, 784:, 780:, 776:, 772:, 574:– 569:IP 455:. 401:– 287:, 283:, 279:, 275:, 249:. 206:). 170:, 166:, 1646:. 1628:) 1622:( 1604:( 1588:( 1567:) 1561:| 1555:( 1529:) 1523:| 1517:( 1480:( 1450:( 1425:( 1389:( 1348:( 1341:. 1292:( 1279:. 1269:. 1176:) 1172:( 1110:) 1069:. 1026:. 966:W 962:B 907:G 900:W 894:S 888:B 711:. 576:H 407:H 403:S 381:. 373:/

Index

Knowledge:Knowledge Signpost
2020-12-28
The Signpost
← Back to Contents
View Latest Issue
28 December 2020
Contribute
PDF download
E-mail
Mastodon
LinkedIn
Facebook
X (Twitter)
Reddit
Bri
Smallbones
WereSpielChequers
Tilman Bayer

Camp Lee
Lame duck
Donald Trump
veto
United States defense appropriations act
military bases that are named for Confederate military leaders
Section 230
His veto message
first veto override of his presidency
Section 230
Wikimedia Foundation

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.