Literary Agent Sues Wikimedia, Claiming Defamation

Barbara Bauer, a literary agent in Matawan, New Jersey, has gone to court over a Wikipedia article (since removed) that called her the “dumbest of the twenty worst” literary agents, claiming defamation and tortious interference. Wikimedia (the parent org) claims that it is protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. In any case, Wikimedia says, calling someone “dumb” is not defamatory. It has filed a motion to dismiss. Here’s more. Here’s a link to Ms. Bauer’s amended complaint (courtesy of the Citizen Media Law Project) in which she sues the posters.