[Wikimedia-l] PRISM

Hi, all- For your information, we have not been approached to participate in PRISM, and we have never received or honored an NSA or FISA subpoena or order. If we were to be approached in the future, we would reject participation in any PRISM-type program to the maximum extent possible and challenge in court any such demand, since this sort of program, as described in the press, contradicts our core values of a free Internet and open, neutral access to knowledge. We should have a blog post up within the next few days to discuss PRISM and our values in more detail; we will pass that along here when it is posted. Thanks- Luis, Geoff, and Stephen On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt at gmail.com> wrote: > This is a simple question with a potentially very complicated answer..... > > What, if any, are the implications of the PRISM scandal for Wikimedia? > Does the fact that our servers are based in the US now compromise our > mission either in a technical, privacy or an ethical sense? > > > - Liam / Wittylama > > > -- > wittylama.com > Peace, love & metadata > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity.