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We are the Wikimedia Foundation's Global Advocacy team. We advocate public policy that promotes free and open knowledge for everyone, everywhere.
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🗣️🌐🇺🇳 A milestone moment!

@wikimediafoundation.org addressed the UN General Assembly at #WSIS20 last December.

We advocated placing digital public goods—key to an open internet—at the heart of global digital governance.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lZW...

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Wikimedia Foundation's speech at the United Nations General Assembly hall
YouTube video by Wikimedia Foundation
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🗣️🌐🇺🇳 A milestone moment!

@wikimediafoundation.org addressed the UN General Assembly at #WSIS20 last December.

We advocated placing digital public goods—key to an open internet—at the heart of global digital governance.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lZW...

Learn more at: medium.com/wikimedia-po...
Wikimedia Foundation's speech at the United Nations General Assembly hall
YouTube video by Wikimedia Foundation
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Public interest journalism and open knowledge are indivisible, challenged by AI-powered platforms that extract content without compensation or attribution.

@wikimediafoundation.org supported @internetlab.bsky.social's report to find 3 joint solutions:

medium.com/wikimedia-po... Read and join us!
Why the Open Knowledge Movement and Public Interest Journalism Must Unite Forces
Open knowledge and public interest journalism must unite to defend reliable information, protect democracy, and sustain the open internet
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February 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Across 300+ languages, volunteers have written and refined over 65 million articles, helping readers find context, learn, and understand the world.

Here’s to 25 years of free knowledge, built by a volunteer community for everyone ➡️ 25.wikipedia.org

#Wikipedia25
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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Twenty-five years ago, Wikipedia was an unlikely idea: a place where anyone could share free knowledge.

Today, it’s one of the most visited sites on Earth, not powered by corporate ads, but by people.
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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It's a big milestone for free knowledge! 🎉

The Wikimedia Foundation spoke at the UN General Assembly Hall, representing Wikipedia’s volunteer community.

We showed that the future of the internet and sustainable development depend on protecting public spaces online and the people who build them.
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
How can the UN Global Principles for Information Integrity help ensure trustworthy information and support for human rights, democracy, and sustainable development online? 🌐✊🗳️♻️

Today at 11:45 AM ET, watch the live broadcast of the #WSIS+20 side event: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1a...
December 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
How do we protect common online spaces and public interest, community-led projects? How do we make them thrive? 🌐 🌍 🌏 🌎

Today at 4:45 PM Eastern Time, watch the live broadcast of our #WSIS+20 side event, "Building the commons: creating and maintaining digital public goods": lnkd.in/e74p36xN
December 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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🌐 Upcoming Session | Building the Commons: Creating & Maintaining Digital Public Goods

🗓️ 16 Dec, 4:45–6pm ET
📍 CR4, UNHQ

Explore how collaborative governance can co-create & scale technologies for inclusive, rights-based digital transformation.

🔗 www.un.org/digital-emer...
December 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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📚 The material stems from a workshop held in partnership with Momentum – Journalism and Tech Task Force and brings together reflections and proposals to strengthen transparency, access to information, and plurality.

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New InternetLab report explores intersections between journalism of public interest and open knowledge  | InternetLab
The document presents the outcomes of a workshop held in 2025 by InternetLab and Momentum, paving the way for new research agendas
internetlab.org.br
December 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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📰🌐 With support from @wikimediafoundation.org, we’re launching the report “Transforming Information into Democracy”, which explores the connections between open knowledge and public-interest journalism.
December 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Every day, thousands of editors on #Wikidata provide open, reliable and trustworthy data to the world helping make technology more open and inclusive.

Today, we are thrilled to announce that Wikidata has been recognized by the @DPGAlliance as a #DigitalPublicGood.
October 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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#Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good! Wikidata is always the mostly-invisible powerhouse in the background, so this is especially meaningful to me and a great recognition of the work that thousands of people put into structuring the world’s knowledge every single day.
October 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Happy 13th birthday, Wikidata!

Facts do not live in isolation; they form a web of connections that shape understanding. Thirteen years ago, Wikidata was created to store and link facts across Wikipedia and its sister projects. ➡️ w.wiki/Jg
October 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) 🎉

Learn how Wikidata, which houses over 1.6 billion facts, advances education, innovation, and public institutions ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/10...
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We've joined a global call for open, equitable access to cultural heritage in the digital age!

By signing the Open Heritage Statement, we stand with partners worldwide to make cultural heritage freely accessible and reusable for all: medium.com/wikimedia-po...

#TAROCHCoalition #CreativeCommons
Wikimedia Foundation Signs the Open Heritage Statement: A Global Call for Unrestricted Access to…
Wikimedia Foundation joins a global movement calling for open, unrestricted digital access to cultural heritage in the public domain
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October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Proud @costanzasciubba.bsky.social will represent us at @weforum.org's Annual Meetings of the Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity 2025, addressing information integrity—essential to ensuring reliable free and open knowledge online.

For details: wef.ch/amgfcc25

#AMGFCC25 #InformationIntegrity
October 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We’re proud to stand with memory institutions worldwide for digital rights.

Collaborations like GLAM-Wiki and Wikimedian in Residence programs show how we can preserve and expand open access to free knowledge and cultural heritage together, today and tomorrow!

#ProtectOurFutureMemory
September 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Los derechos humanos deben guiar la transformación digital en las Américas.🌎

Desde la sociedad civil, pedimos tecnología abierta, responsable y centrada en personas.

Conoce nuestras recomendaciones para la X Cumbre de las Américas y súmate al cambio: www.derechosdigitales.org/recursos/apo...
September 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
People first! 👥 Human-centered AI powers Wikimedia’s model: community-led and public interest.

We shared with human rights experts how AI brings risks and opportunities for freedom of speech and reliable information online.

Read more: medium.com/wikimedia-po...

#AI #FreeSpeech #HumanRights
We Need Human-Centered AI to Safeguard Information and Freedom of Speech Online
As AI reshapes the internet, the Wikimedia Foundation calls for safeguards that keep knowledge open, reliable, and people-centered
medium.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
At #DRAPAC25, Wikimedians will join civil society, policymakers, and technologists to reimagine digital rights, AI governance, and open knowledge in Southeast Asia. 🌏📚

We'll lead sessions on #ASEAN human rights and digital policy agendas, and more!

Come join us: medium.com/wikimedia-po... 📎
Wikimedians at the Digital Rights in Asia-Pacific Assembly (DRAPAC) 2025: Advancing Free Knowledge…
Join us to shape Southeast Asia’s AI and digital rights for a public-interest internet and represent 675+ million digital futures
medium.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Remember! Not all internet platforms are Big Tech! Regulators should not treat Wikipedia the same as large corporate platforms that monetize users' identities and activities.
July 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🌐 Not all platforms are Big Tech.

Treating public interest ones like Wikipedia the same as ad-driven platforms is damaging.

Read @britocruz.bsky.social to understand why regulation must be nuanced in order to protect diversity and uphold the public interest.
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Nem toda internet é big tech — Gama Revista
Quando se fala em regulação das redes, parece que todo mundo já sabe do que estamos falando. E, quase sempre, o alvo imaginário são as grandes plataformas: redes sociais, buscadores, marketplaces e seus “algoritmos”. É o “capitalismo de vigilância”, o “tecnofeudalismo”, a envelopagem que se preferir. Em suma, o debate fica centrado nessas enormes empresas […]
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July 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Next week, the Court will hear our challenge to the UK's Online Safety Act Categorization Regulations, which endanger Wikipedia and the global community of volunteer contributors who create the information on the site.

Read more  ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/07...
July 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Once again, our application for observer status at WIPO, the UN agency for intellectual property, was blocked by China. This veto excludes a global community of 260,000 contributors and billions of readers from decisions that directly affect them.

Read more ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/07...
July 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Calling all policymakers, engineers, and open source builders for UN Tech Over during UN Open Source Week!

📍 UN HQ, NYC | 16 June
🔹 Edit-A-Thon – UN history with @wikimediafoundation.org

🔗 Register now: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

#UNOpenSourceWeek #OpenSource @unodet.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM