the IP address of a possible blackmailer of a UK business executive
whose entry was 'vandalized' to include details about her child. See:
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/2354215/UK-Judge-Orders-Wikipedia-To-Reveal-Users-Identity
<http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/2354215/UK-Judge-Orders-Wikipedia-To-Reveal-Users-Identity?from=rss>
As the article notes (see
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232901/Wikipedia-ordered-reveal-identity-editor-accused-blackmailing-mother-child.html),
this would hardly be the first time a prominent or controversial
figure's page has been vandalized on the system. And Wikipedia has
taken more aggressive steps to diminish malicious use of the community
content editing system.
My own feeling is that this does represent a low in that a child's
privacy and thereby safety was threatened and for vindictive gain
against the child's parent. Signs are posted on public thoroughfares
warning drivers that children are present. Perhaps this judge's ruling
will serve as a similar such sign that even if misusing a public
commons, targeting a child in any such manner cannot be tolerated.
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