Editing History of Wikipedia (section)

===Lawsuits===
In limited ways, the Wikimedia Foundation is protected by [[Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act]]. In the defamation action ''Bauer et al. v. Glatzer et al.'', it was held that Wikimedia had no case to answer because of this section.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judge tosses Matawan literary agent's defamation lawsuit against Wikipedia – Asbury Park Press |url=http://m.app.com/news.jsp?key=81411 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710045913/http://m.app.com/news.jsp?key=81411 |archive-date=10 July 2012 |access-date=13 April 2010 |publisher=M.app.com}}</ref> A similar law in France caused a lawsuit to be dismissed in October 2007.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-11-05/French lawsuit]]. 5 November 2007.</ref> In 2013, a [[Oberlandesgericht|German appeals court or Oberlandesgericht]] (the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart) ruled that Wikipedia is a "service provider" not a "content provider", and as such is immune from liability as long as it takes down content that is accused of being illegal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paulson |first=Michelle |date=2 December 2013 |title=In legal victory, German court rules Wikimedia Foundation need not proactively check for illegal or inaccurate content |url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2013/12/02/legal-victory-german-court-wikimedia-foundation/ |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=Diff |language=en-US |archive-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127005533/https://diff.wikimedia.org/2013/12/02/legal-victory-german-court-wikimedia-foundation/ |url-status=live }}</ref>