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Mike Godwin. 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]
Godwin's law (or Godwin's rule), short for Godwin's law of Nazi analogies, [1] is an Internet adage asserting: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."
Dec 20, 2023 · Mike Godwin is an attorney and author in Washington. My very minor status as an authority on Adolf Hitler comparisons stems from having coined “Godwin’s Law” about three decades ago.
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’.
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.
Jun 20, 2003 · Lawyer and writer Mike Godwin has been at the forefront of the struggle to preserve freedom of speech on the Internet. In he recounts the major cases and issues in which he was involved and offers his views on free speech and other constitutional rights in the digital age.
