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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Brazil's platform rules have focused on harms from commercial platforms. João Alexandre Peschanski of Wikimedia Brasil, Amalia Toledo of the Wikimedia Foundation and Elise Silva of the University of Pittsburgh argue digital public goods like Wikipedia need their own legal category.

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Wikipedia Isn't Big Tech, and Brazil's Platform Rules Should Say So

Brazil's approach to platform regulation risks undermining Wikipedia and the knowledge commons, write João Alexandre Peschanski, Amalia Toledo and Elise Silva.

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Next Monday, "OPEN @ UNGA 81" will explore the relationship between open collaboration and digital sovereignty, spanning open infrastructure, data, and open source software. Register and join us! www.creativecommons.org/event/open-unga-81-a-conversation-on-collaboration/ (Space is limited) 💻🤝🌐

An image providing details about the "OPEN @ UNGA 81: A Conversation on Collaboration" event, which will bring together leading voices in open source, digital rights, and digital sovereignty for a day of conversation on the margins of UNGA 81. The event takes place Monday, 21 September 2026, from 10:00AM to 3:00PM EDT, with doors opening at 9:30AM at NYU Engelberg Center, Lipton Hall at D’Agostine Hall, on 108 West 3rd Street, New York, NY 10012. The image explains that space is limited, so registering soon is important.

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Should your age determine your access to free knowledge? Join us 20 August, 7PM UTC, at the virtual panel "Verified to Read? The Impacts of Age-Gating Open Knowledge Platforms." Register at wikimedia.zoom.us/webinar/regi... to explore how age verification can affect Wikipedia and other platforms.

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

What happens to the internet—a global information ecosystem—when each country sets different age-based restrictions online? Part Three explores this complex patchwork of laws, challenges to compliance, and how engaging policymakers and courts protects open knowledge. medium.com/wikimedia-po...

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Online Age Verification Explained (Part 3/3)

The Wikimedia Foundation considers age gating laws, spotlights draft bills and their global complexity, and explains its impact litigation

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

What do policymakers mean by “online age verification”? Part Two explains the terms, methods, and trade-offs—from self-declaration to identity-based verification—and highlights that the most accurate methods carry the highest privacy and security risks. (3/4) medium.com/wikimedia-po...

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Online Age Verification Explained (Part 2/3)

The Wikimedia Foundation defines its main terms, details age gating methods, and shows the importance of balancing rights and safety

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Why are 25+ countries—and half of the US—introducing laws that require users to verify their age online? Part One explains the history, stakes, and implications of online age verification, and why the debate matters for the future of the internet. (2/4) medium.com/wikimedia-po...

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Online Age Verification Explained (Part 1/3)

The Wikimedia Foundation sheds light on what it is, establishes a timeline of age-based restrictions, and highlights why it matters

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Online age verification is moving from a narrow policy issue to a global internet debate. In our three-part blog series, we look at how age-based restrictions evolved, what the technologies really mean, and why they matter for open knowledge and digital rights. 🧵 (1/4)

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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 06/07/2026

"More dialogue is what's needed in this moment", says CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation Bernadette Meehan in an interview with The New York Times. "Let's come together and have a conversation based on fact and see where that takes us." Read Read the full interview ➡️ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/b...

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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 06/07/2026

When truth is under pressure, free knowledge matters more than ever.

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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 08/07/2026

We call on all WIPO Member States and leadership to help resolve this political impasse and ensure that WIPO's work enables the technical and legal viability of a free, open, neutral, and collaborative internet, now and in our shared future ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/wipo-permane...

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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 08/07/2026

This week, the Wikimedia Foundation's application for observer status at WIPO, the United Nations agency for intellectual property, was blocked for the sixth time by China.

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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 13/05/2026

The Wikimedia Foundation is celebrating a new milestone in its mission to champion open knowledge 🎉 The nonprofit joined the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), an initiative endorsed by the United Nations. Learn more ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news/2026/05...

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

This week @wikimediafoundation.org had a constructive meeting with the Indonesian government. We explained our unique model, commitment to human rights, and relationship with affiliates like Wikimedia Indonesia. We will continue working with Komdigi on next steps. www.barrons.com/news/under-b...

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Under Blackout Threat, Wikimedia Reaches Compromise With Indonesia

The Wikimedia Foundation said Saturday it has found a compromise with the Indonesian government, which had threatened to block Wikipedia over domestic registration rules the foundation feared were ove...

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Open Knowledge Foundation @okfn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📚🌱 Estamos anunciando um projeto em parceria com a @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social para proteger o futuro do nosso conhecimento comum. Junte-se a nós: buff.ly/xOi2IlC

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Open Knowledge Foundation @okfn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📚🌱 Anunciamos un proyecto conjunto con @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social para salvaguardar el futuro de nuestro conocimiento común. Únete a nosotras: buff.ly/Sd5YNUU

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Open Knowledge Foundation @okfn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📚🌱 We are announcing a joint project with @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social to safeguard the future of our global knowledge commons. Join us: buff.ly/9VZbWHD

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

💬 Over the next few months, we will be developing a position paper and hosting a series of regional dialogues in order to gather diverse perspectives to help us define the future of the digital commons.

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

🌐 The Wikimedia Foundation and the @okfn.bsky.social are working on a joint initiative to rethink open knowledge as critical digital infrastructure (CDI), receiving the same strategic attention and investment as essential public services such as water or electricity.

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

📚🍃 What happens to knowledge that is not remembered? What systems should we build to protect information and cultural assets from being lost to climate disasters or war? How can governments and institutions invest in local digital knowledge commons to prevent representation gaps in new tech like AI?

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

💡The goal of the group was simple yet challenging: to move from merely resisting setbacks to actively proposing the future of the internet we want. CELE (@celeup.bsky.social), the Wikimedia Foundation, and the EFF (@eff.org) have gathered the collective discussions and conclusions into one place.

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🌎During a Zero Day Workshop, held as part of the Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión’s (CELE) annual “Towards a Free Internet” event, digital rights groups across Latin America came together to imagine a “digital utopia.”

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🌐As early optimism about the promise of a free, open, and secure internet is met with the current realities of techlash, surveillance, monopolies, and rising censorship, how do we preserve that initial vision and take practical steps to advance it?

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🤔 What does an internet that truly works for the public good look like?

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Our newsletter explores digital policy questions shaping the public interest web and open knowledge: 🇺🇳 UN internet governance processes 🤝 Partnerships with technology companies 🎉 Celebrating 25 years of @wikipedia.org Read more and sign up for updates: wikimediapolicy.medium.com/wikimedia-fo...

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Wikimedia Foundation Global Advocacy Newsletter (Issue 10)

Subscribe to our newsletter: Join the digital policy conversation to take action and protect an open, human-powered internet

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

💪 Protect our archives! Physical and digital records serve critical roles in society by preserving our history and culture. 🏛️ 🌐 The Wayback Machine helps to archive the history of the web, which is critical for @wikipedia.org: without it, link rot erodes the verifiability of information online.

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

“Open knowledge, collaborative and transparent, is essential for trustworthy, inclusive AI.” @wikimediafoundation.org will join #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026, and Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, will share how open source can strengthen AI in the public interest. For more: medium.com/wikimedia-po...

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🗣️🌐🇺🇳 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...

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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!

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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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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 15/01/2026

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

Text says: For 25 years, people everywhere have built something bigger than any one of us: free knowledge for all.

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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 15/01/2026

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.

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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 18/12/2025

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.

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

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...

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

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

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United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies @unodet.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🌐 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...

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InternetLab @internetlab.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

📚 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. internetlab.org.br/en/pesquisa-...

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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

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InternetLab @internetlab.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

📰🌐 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.

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Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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.

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Lydia Pintscher @lydiapintscher.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

#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.

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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 29/10/2025

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

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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 29/10/2025

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...

Ilse Falls in the Harz National Park, Germany. Text says: Wikidata is now the second Wikimedia project recognized as a digital public good.

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

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

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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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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

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

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

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...

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Wikimedia Foundation Policy @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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

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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

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