Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 07/09/2026Is that what they were offering me at Shell the other day? I didn’t think it was worth it… 110
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 07/09/2026TBF many churches also don’t know what the Holy Spirit is. 110
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 01/03/2026The European Commission and the European Parliament when WW3 begins, but the weekend has just started. 020
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 20/02/2026Architecture is not neutral. A street with wide pavements and humped or narrowed crossings makes cars slow down, even without an explicit speed limit. Similarly, a platform’s architecture powerfully determines whether its users tend toward collaboration or conflictwikimedia.brusselsThe Architecture conflict vs. the architecture of collaboration – Wikimedia Europe 000
Reposted by Dimi Zagorskicommunia @communia.bsky.social · 28/01/2026🚨 The JURI Committee has adopted the INI report on copyright & generative AI. The outcome leaves legal uncertainty for researchers and public-interest AI developers. Plenary vote in March. 👉 Full analysis (@justusdreyling.bsky.social and Leander Nielbock): communia-association.org/2026/01/28/i...communia-association.orgINI on copyright and generative AI: After the voteToday, the JURI Committee adopted Axel Voss’s own-initiative report on copyright and generative AI. The report still contains ambiguities and problematic language that risk creating legal uncertainty,... 023
Reposted by Dimi ZagorskiWikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 23/12/2025Get mesmerized by the winners of the landscape category ➡️ wikilovesearth.org (6/6) 021
Reposted by Dimi ZagorskiWikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 23/12/2025This thread shows the first 10 place winners, awarded under the macro/close-up category (animals, plants, fungi). (5/6) 131
Reposted by Dimi ZagorskiWikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 23/12/2025This year, Wiki Loves Earth received around 80,000 submissions from more than 5,200 participants in 57 countries and territories – a record for the contest. (4/6) 121
Reposted by Dimi ZagorskiWikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 23/12/2025Photographers are asked to venture out into natural areas near them, take a picture, upload it to Wikimedia Commons, and share it with the world. (3/6) 211
Reposted by Dimi ZagorskiWikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 23/12/2025Organized by Wikimedians, Wiki Loves Earth celebrates the world's natural heritage. (2/6) 121
Reposted by Dimi ZagorskiWikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 23/12/2025The winners of Wiki Loves Earth 2025 are in 🌿🥇 🧵⬇️ (1/6) 1167
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 13/11/2025The choice on digital sovereignty: Build capacity with Open Source or settle for dependency? Wikimedia Europe has signed an open-letter ahead of the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty with suggestions how to harness open source AI. Read our plan now: wikimedia.brussels/open-letter-...wikimedia.brusselsOpen letter: Harnessing open source AI to advance digital sovereignty – Wikimedia Europe 000
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 11/11/2025Competition is a good thing. Wikipedia’s free licences explicitly welcome it. We have seen other platforms and encyclopaedias appear in the past, and we will see more in the future. The current trend is using AI LLMs. Let’s have a look at what’s out there and discuss some of the aspects!wikimedia.brusselsWikipedia & AI Competition: Biases, Mistakes, Omissions – Wikimedia Europe 000
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 03/11/2025It is a little known fact that the Wikimedia Foundation runs its own servers in several places around the world. This has some advantages, but also poses specific challenges. Let’s take a look! wikimedia.brussels/wikipedia-is...wikimedia.brusselsWikipedia Is Running On Its Own Metal: The Power and Limits of Self-Hosted Infrastructure – Wikimedia Europe 001
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 24/10/2025Protecting and Empowering Children Online: A Wikimedia Perspective wikimedia.brussels/protecting-a...wikimedia.brusselsProtecting and Empowering Children Online: A Wikimedia Perspective – Wikimedia Europe 010
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 13/10/2025The futures of human knowledge and AI are inextricably linked. What are the opportunities that AI can bring to human knowledge, what are the emerging risks and how can we mitigate them? @wikimediafoundation.org published a Human Rights Impact Assessment on AI & ML.meta.wikimedia.orgWikimedia Foundation Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Human Rights Impact Assessment - Meta-Wiki 020
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 09/10/2025Wikimedia Foundation board elections are open until 22 October. Two seats need to be filled. Editors with 300 edits before July 28, 2025 across Wikimedia wikis and at least 20 edits between August 28, 2024 and July 28, 2025 may vote.meta.wikimedia.orgWikimedia Foundation elections/2025 - Meta-Wiki 010
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 11/09/2025The Wikimedia Foundation is taking a SLAPP case to the European Court of Human Rights. The hope is that the case and its rulings serve to bring about greater protections against overbroad claims. Details here: medium.com/wikimedia-po...medium.comWhat Happened in the César do Paço Lawsuit?The Wikimedia Foundation argues this case and its rulings can strengthen EU protections against chilling SLAPP cases and defend human… 021
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 21/08/2025It could be claimed that this tactic amounts to a SLAPP case, as the charge was extremely broad, as confirmed by the court. Important to note that this was a ruling on a preliminary injunction. Another court case in Portugal is to follow, as well as the ECHR challenge. 000
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 21/08/2025The year-long legal wrangling is about the article on Caesar DePaço, who wants public information about him to be removed. The court struck down the vast majority his claims, but left a few standing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_...en.wikipedia.orgCaesar DePaço - Wikipedia 100
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 21/08/2025A Portuguese court has order the removal of some edits of Wikipedia article. It also ruled that the Wikimedia Foundation has to hand over IP & email addresses of users. WMF is complying, but also appealing to the European Court of Human Rights. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...en.wikipedia.orgWikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-08-09/News and notes - Wikipedia 100
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 06/08/2025Training for Wikimedians on online child safety at #Wikimania in Nairobi: How to recognise different types of CSAM & CSEM and how to react. Not a pleasant session, but an important one. 020
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 21/07/2025The Danish government is suggesting to amend its copyright to add: 1. A general protection against realistic, digitally generated imitations of personal characteristics. 2. An imitation protection for performers. The deadline for comments is 21 August 2025: hoeringsportalen.dk/Hearing/Deta...hoeringsportalen.dkHøring over forslag til lov om ændring af lov om ophavsret (Indførelse af en præstationsbeskyttelse og beskyttelse mod digitalt genererede efterligninger mv.) 0124
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 15/07/2025German toymaker Ravensburger used the Vitruvian Man, copyright long expired, on a jigsaw puzzle. Italy claimed that its Cultural Heritage Code extends protection, even beyond Italy. A German court now ruled against this. @justusdreyling.bsky.social from @communia.bsky.social has the write-up:communia-association.orgHigher Regional Court of Stuttgart confirms territoriality of Italian Cultural Heritage CodeOn June 11th, the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart largely upheld the 2024 decision of the Regional Court of Stuttgart, confirming that the Italian Cultural Heritage Code cannot be enforced outside ... 032
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 10/07/2025China’s fifth veto of Wikimedia’s requests for accreditation denies permanent observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the UN specialised agency that shapes global intellectual property (IP) policies and the future of open access to knowledge.wikimediafoundation.orgFor fifth time, China blocks Wikimedia Foundation as permanent observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) – Wikimedia FoundationOn 9 July 2025, the Wikimedia Foundation was denied permanent observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). 010
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 02/07/2025An experiment to show AI-generated summaries on the top of Wikipedia articles was halted. The community responded, criticising inaccuracies in the sample. The editing community is now discussing its position on large language models and Wikipedia. Check it out: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped... 010
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 28/06/2025Wikinews is one of the lesser known Wikimedia projects. It doesn't attract many volunteer editors, which means it struggles staying up-to-date and sometimes with reliability. There is now a public consultation about possibly closing it down (a move I personally support).meta.wikimedia.orgPublic consultation about Wikinews - Meta 001
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 27/06/2025The @wikimediafoundation.org has updated its terms of use to adjust language for clarity, to be up to date with suggestions from our first Digital Services Act (DSA) audit and to make sure the language of the legal sections aligns with international case law. Six small-ish changes.diff.wikimedia.orgAdministrative update to the Wikimedia Foundation Terms of UseThis blog is to share that the Wikimedia Foundation has made an administrative update to our Terms of Use (ToU) and what that means. You can see the changes here! To start, an administrative updat… 001
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 24/06/2025Belarusian Wikipedia sysop Maksim Lepushenka was arrested last month, becoming the latest Wikipedian arrested in Belarus. Lepushenka's account has since globally locked by the community, as a compromised account. Another Belarusian Wikipedian, Olga Sitnik, was arrested in April. More: w.wiki/EZ2R 021
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 04/06/2025I find it quite intriguing that Air India calls the Gulf countries Middle East, and Japan/Korea/China Far East. From an Indian perspective I would have to expected different names. 110
Reposted by Dimi ZagorskiWikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 08/05/2025We are challenging the lawfulness of the UK’s Online Safety Act Categorisation Regulations, which determine our obligations under UK laws. These rules create unacceptable risks for Wikipedia’s volunteer users, such as disempowering those who wish to keep their identity private. Read ➡️ w.wiki/E3XD 16633
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 08/05/2025The Wikimedia Foundation is challenging the lawfulness of the UK's Online Safety Act. It would require the verification of the identity of Wikipedia users and to allow users to block unverified users from editing. This would break Wikipedia's content moderation.medium.comWikipedia’s Nonprofit Host Brings Legal Challenge to New Online Safety Act (OSA) RegulationsThe Wikimedia Foundation is legally challenging OSA’s broad new categorization rules, which risk imposing Category 1 duties on Wikipedia 000
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 06/03/2025The Polish government returns to truly free licensing. wikimedia.brussels/polish-gover... 020
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 25/02/2025We should start using the terms "Middle West" ("Near West") and "Far West" when it comes to geopolitics. 000
Reposted by Dimi ZagorskiFrédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 21/02/20252025 is Art Deco Year. The Belgian capital itself is a 24/7 open-air exhibition of the style and I wrote about it for the new Brussels Times Magazine. 0328
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 17/12/2024How election information gets edited and spreads across Wikipedias is important. Together with @ivir-uva.bsky.social and @eurecat.bsky.social we are currently researching the data around the 2024 EP elections to learn what works and what doesn't in countering disinformation.wikimedia.brusselsWikimedia Europe Partners for Research into Wikipedia’s Practices on Information on Elections – Wikimedia Europe 000
Reposted by Dimi Zagorskicommunia @communia.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The saga around the Italian cultural heritage code continues. After previous cases have already targeted: 🔸 GQ magazine 🔸 Clothing articles by Jean Paul Gautier 🔸 A puzzle This time, the culprit is (🧐checks notes) balsamic vinegar. More: communia-association.org/2024/11/25/a...communia-association.orgA case as sweet and sour as balsamic vinegarWe have extensively followed the saga around the Italian cultural heritage code, as evidenced by a series of blog posts on lawsuits involving commercial uses of Public Domain works in Italian collecti... 022
Reposted by Dimi ZagorskiCharlie Holland @charlieholland.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Between you and I, Paris Musées have 372,542 rights-free images you can simply download, at hi-res, and use as you choose. Isn’t that just brilliant and please can UK institutions emulate them? 1423559
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 22/11/2024The annual audit report of Wikipedia, as required by the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), has now been published. Its intention is to independently assess how Wikipedia recognises and mitigates systemic risks, such as harassment and disinformation.foundation.m.wikimedia.orgLegal:EU Compliance/DSA Publication Archive - Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki 000
Reposted by Dimi ZagorskiPaul Keller @paul.eurosky.social · 20/11/2024Come work with us! We have an exciting position for someone with an interest in copyright and technology ↘ 043
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 19/11/2024This new report outlines opportunities and threats at the intersection of the open movement, the socio-technological zeitgeist, and current policy thinking. h/t @openfuture.bsky.social @okfn.bsky.social @creativecommons.bsky.social @wikimedia.bsky.socialwikimedia.brusselsReport on opportunities and threats for openness in a new technological era – Wikimedia Europe 010
Reposted by Dimi Zagorskidepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 15/11/2024from the exact article you think 451835
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 14/03/2024The proposed Digital Knowledge Act by @communia.bsky.social is a great idea. Here’s why: wikimedia.brussels/we-need-a-di... 000
Dimi Zagorski @dimi.wikimedia.brussels · 05/02/2024Wikimedia is at the Council of Europe today to share its experiences with SLAPP cases. The CoE is working on a Recommendation, while the EU has recently passed an anti-SLAPP Directive. Wikimedians and Wikimedia have been SLAPPed in several EU countries including Estonia and Portugal (links below). 230
