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==Section 230 and Wikipedia ==
==Section 230 and Wikipedia ==
One editor of Wikipedia attempted to change policy-related instances of the words "published" and "publisher" to "interactively served", to help clarify Wikipedia's non-role as a publisher. However, this editor was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3ASection_230_Expert blocked] from ever again editing Wikipedia, and the words "published" and "publisher" were restored. When this block was challenged, the response was:
:''Substituting forms of the word "publish" with other words doesn't change Wikipedia's legal status. "Publish" means different things in different contexts. If an organization satisfies the CDA definition of "publisher", then the organization is a publisher, no matter which word we use to describe it. These form-over-substance edits of yours are disruptive and inappropriate. The block is appropriate.''
However, that explanation was later [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Section_230_Expert&oldid=170908647 erased from public view], three and a half months after the explanation was issued. Clearly, Wikipedia's Section 230 immunity is a perplexing, tenuous status.
