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Michael Wayne Godwin (born October 26, 1956) is an American attorney and author. He was the first staff counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and he created the Internet adage Godwin's law and the notion of an Internet meme . [1]
Promulgated by the American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990, Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions. He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics, specifically to address the ubiquity of such comparisons which he believes regrettably trivialize the Holocaust.
Jun 29, 2017 · T he code that runs the World Wide Web was still being written when attorney Mike Godwin came up with a simple law: Sooner or later in any online argument, someone will bring up Hitler.
Aug 8, 2020 · Mike Godwin, father of the internet’s most famous adage, says all is not lost for the web, but warns: ‘Never again is not a prediction, it's a moral imperative’.
Dec 19, 2023 · It’s a virtually unbreakable rule known as “Godwin’s law,” named after Mike Godwin, an early internet enthusiast who coined it back in 1990. It’s also understood that often the party ...
Mar 8, 2013 · Mike Godwin, the lawyer who coined Godwin's Law in 1990, talks about its evolution, relevance, and impact. He also shares his personal experience of being compared to Hitler by his daughter and other Twitter users.
Mike Godwin is a lawyer, author, and journalist who specializes in digital rights and civil liberties. He is a contributing editor at Reason, a senior policy fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology, and a former staff counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
