2023:Program/Legal, Advocacy, and Risks/ENRQSA-Legal concerns: how the Movement can get the most out of WMF’s Legal team

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Title: Legal concerns: how the Movement can get the most out of WMF’s Legal team

Speakers:

Brian Choo and Phil Bradley-Schmieg

* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:BChoo_(WMF)

Phil Bradley-Schmieg

Phil is a Lead Counsel in the Legal team at the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Room: Room 307

Start time: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0800

End time: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0800

Type: Roundtable / open discussion

Track: Legal, Advocacy, and Risks

Submission state: confirmed

Duration: 60 minutes

Do not record: true

Presentation language: en


Abstract & description[edit source]

Abstract[edit source]

This workshop will discuss best practices for how volunteers can handle legal threats. This is particularly relevant for functionaries, members of affiliates, and VRT members.

Description[edit source]

This workshop will discuss best practices for how volunteers can handle legal threats, including when to loop in the Foundation’s legal team via legal@wikimedia.org - and, conversely, how the wider Movement can help the Foundation’s legal team on the complaints it receives directly. This workshop is particularly relevant to:

  • Current or potential Volunteer Response Team (VRT) agents. This will include a review and discussion of this rather old piece of advice for VRT agents on VRT Wiki, including possible updates: https://vrt-wiki.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:What_do_I_send_to_the_legal_team%3F.
  • Affiliates, who may receive legal threats. This could include a collaborative workshop between the Foundation’s litigation team, Wikimedia Espana (subject to confirmation) and 1 or 2 more chapters, to share their own cautionary tales and learn from other chapters on how to better deal with project-related litigation, and how to avoid getting caught up in it in the first place.
  • Functionaries, and any volunteer working in contentious areas, particularly BLP articles, media (e.g. photos) of identifiable people on Commons, and BLP Wikidata items.

There will also be some case studies of successful or less successful legal dispute resolution. One pain point is currently BLP content on Wikidata, for example, not having a real home for complaints in VRT.

Further details[edit source]

Qn. How does your session relate to the event themes: Diversity, Collaboration Future?

This session relates most closely to the theme of Collaboration. We hope to strengthen collaboration between volunteers and Wikimedia Foundation staff on legal matters.

Qn. What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

The session is for an experienced audience

Qn. What is the most appropriate format for this session?

  • Empty Onsite in Singapore
  • Empty Remote online participation, livestreamed
  • Empty Remote from a satellite event
  • Tick Hybrid with some participants in Singapore and others dialing in remotely
  • Empty Pre-recorded and available on demand


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