Thanks for this Fabian. Whilst individual responses would be great I'm also happy to draft/co-ordinate a response from Wikimedia UK. John Lubbock gave an interview on fake news recently and I agree that we are very well positioned to respond to this. I note the deadline is 3rd March so will follow this up in February.
All best Lucy On 31 January 2017 at 13:54, <leu...@fabiant.eu> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have just emailed Damian Collins MP > <http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/damian-collins/3986>, chair > of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, who are conducting an inquiry > into Fake News as regards releasing under an Open Government license Gill > Bennett's *A Most Extraordinary and Mysterious Business: The Zinoviev > Letter of 1924* published by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, General > Services Command in 1999. Please see the Wikipedia article on the Zinoviev > letter <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinoviev_letter> for more details. > > Aside from encouraging others to lobby Damian Collins for the release of > this piece of scholarship, I would also be interested if there is an > interest amongst Wikimedia UK to give a written submission to the Fake News > Inquiry. I can't help feeling that over the last 8 years or so we have > gained significant experience in dealing with "Fake News" and other > manifestations of misinformation and that we have achieved a certain amount > of success. In fact I believe if we hadn't done this Wikipedia would not > have gained its current reputation. > > I would welcome other peoples views on this. For more information please > see the Call for Written submissions > <http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/culture-media-and-sport-committee/news-parliament-2015/fake-news-launch-16-17/> > . > > all the best > > Fabian > > (aka Leutha) > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0991 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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