Litigation involving the Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation has been involved in various lawsuits, generally regarding the content of Wikipedia and the actions and anonymity of those who edit it. The Foundation has won some of these and lost others. In the United States, the Wikimedia Foundation typically wins defamation lawsuits brought against it due to protections that web platforms receive from laws like Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934. However, in cases in Europe and other countries, courts may rule otherwise. The Wikimedia Foundation often ignores these orders, and countries cannot reach across borders to enforce any ruling. India, in particular, is the only country that has forced Wikimedia to remove an entire article from Wikipedia, and the Indian government threatened to block access to the site within its borders in a separate case.