2024:Program/Understanding and assisting with undisclosed paid editing (UPE) enforcement
Session title: Understanding and assisting with undisclosed paid editing (UPE) enforcement
- Session type: Panel
- Track: Legal & Advocacy
- Language: en
Learn how WMF's Legal department and community deal with undisclosed paid editing and ways you can help with enforcement and investigations
Description
[edit | edit source]First, some background would be given on the Legal department's methodology for dealing with UPE and how it compliments the community's work
The panel would have three goals 1. To describe some of the non-confidential off wiki initiatives in the legal department to deal with undisclosed paid editing 2. To signal boost volunteer interest in addressing undisclosed paid editing and COI issues on wiki 3. To solicit community opinions on directions to take in enforcement — especially for smaller language projects that have UPE rules where there's a less robust userbase of volunteers interested in the issue
This would likely be a collaboration between disinformation, trust and safety, and legal affairs. It could be helpful to have one or more community volunteers participate (on point #2) if interested. It could be remote or in person.
- How does your session relate to the event theme, Collaboration of the Open?
UPE enforcement requires decentralized information sharing between community members, the Wikimedia Foundation, and enforcement bodies.
- What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?
Everyone can participate in this session
- Etherpad link
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WM2024_Day4_Belgrade-_Room_8
Resources
[edit | edit source]Speakers
[edit | edit source]- Shaun Spalding
- I'm a lead council in the legal department at the Wikimedia Foundation. This is currently a placeholder.