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Poland: “Troll” Sues Wikipedia

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Poland, Freedom of Speech, Law, Media & Journalism, Technology

The beatroot reports [1]: “Arnold Buzdygan […] – sometime wannabe presidential candidate, and a regular on usernet sites in Poland – went to court in Wroclaw, southwestern Poland, last week, to sue Wikpedia Polska for deformation of character. […] Buzdygan claims that his fiancée’s mother refused to let the marriage go ahead because of an entry on the Polish version of Wikipedia, which, in the ‘controversies’ section [2], calls him ‘a troll’ for his vulgar interjections on blogs and forums.”