Fandom
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006-12-12 |
| Legal Structure | Private |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Official website | https://www.fandom.com/ |
Fandom, formerly known as Wikia, is a platform composed mainly of user-generated content on different types of multimedia, including video games, movies, series, and books. It also owns several entertainment outlets, such as GameSpot and TV Guide, as well as other multimedia databases, such as GameFAQs and MetaCritic.
Consumer-impact summary
Incidents
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Fandom category.
AI Translations (July 2025)
In July 2025, Fandom began experimenting with creating wikis in other languages using Generative AI. The move was boycotted by users, citing concerns about replacing editors and translators who had previously worked on the website to provide high-quality translations manually as well as the dismantling of international support for other languages.[1]
Stowarzyszenie Minecraft Wiki Polska and Fandom (August 2025)
In early August 2025, Stowarzyszenie Minecraft Wiki Polska, which hosts the independent wiki for the video game “Minecraft” developed by Mojang for the Polish language, filed a DMCA claim for copyright infringement following the transfer of data from Gamepedia to Fandom.[2]
Lawsuits
Vishal Shah v. Fandom, Inc. (September 2024)
In 2024, Vishal Shah sued Fandom for privacy violations, claiming that the company was sharing IP address information with external platforms, including Meta.[3][4][5]
Products
See also
References
- ↑ "Fandom is planning to start translating English wiki articles into other languages using AI. If you log in to view comments on the blogpost announcing this, you can see this decision is extremely unpopular with Fandom editors". Mossbag69 via Twitter. 2025-07-08. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
- ↑ "David and Goliath - on Polish Minecraft Wiki taking legal action against Fandom". Frisk.space Blog. 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
Fandom has "aggregated content from the wiki" and by doing so has started to violate the license agreements. We read that "as a result of wiki account transfers, at least 1440 different usernames being pseudonyms of their creators were damaged". By result of doing so, Fandom couldn't fulfill the authorship requirement of Creative Commons licensed used by the wiki (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).
- ↑ Brown, Christopher (2024-10-24). "Users Advance Fandom 'Pen Register' Suit Over IP Address Sharing". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
- ↑ Landis, Blake (2024-10-25). "Ninth Circuit Ruling Shows How CIPA Applies to Internet Tracking". The National Law Review. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
- ↑ "Proposed class says Fandom illegally tracked IP addresses". The Daily Journal. Retrieved 2025-08-17.