Three takeaways for Wikipedia and free knowledge advocates from the Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter, Inc v. Taamneh et al. rulings. Written by the Wikimedia Foundation’s: Stan Adams, Lead Public Policy Specialist for North America; Allison Davenport, Public Policy Research and Analysis Manager; and, Jacob Rogers, Associate General Counsel. …

Written by the Wikimedia Foundation’s: Valentina Vera-Quiroz, Human Rights, Policy, and Tech Fellow. In the early 2000s, the Colombian army lured young men to rural areas with offers of work, assassinated them, and passed them off to authorities as guerrillas killed on the battlefield in order to increase the “body…

Written by Dimitar Dimitrov, Policy Director at Wikimedia Europe Since the advent of online platforms, which allow users to openly share content, the structure of the public sphere has been transformed. Until just a few decades ago, we were used to the fact that a significant part of public discourse…

Update from Rebecca MacKinnon, Vice President of Global Advocacy at the Wikimedia Foundation: On 18 May 2023, the US Supreme Court issued its ruling on Gonzalez v. Google LLC. The case marked the first time that the Court considered Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects website hosts…

Written by the Wikimedia Foundation’s: Kate Ruane, Lead Public Policy Specialist for the United States; Ellen Magallanes, Senior Counsel; and, Clarissa Choy, Senior Counsel. Protecting privacy is in Wikimedians’ DNA. Both the Foundation and the Wikimedia community know better than most that privacy is an essential element of free knowledge…

Without Further Revision, Bill Will Harm Wikipedia and Other Open Knowledge Projects The second deep dive in our series on online safety bills. Written by Wikimedia Foundation’s: Tina Butoiu, Legal Counsel; Aly Marino, Tech Law and Policy Fellow; Phil Bradley-Schmieg, Lead Counsel; and, Miguelángel Verde, Senior Editor. Governments worldwide are…

Written by Wikimedia Foundation’s Rachel Arinii Judhistari (Rjudhistari), Lead Public Policy Specialist for Asia Mobile communications are occupying a more central role in societies across the world, with connectivity increasing, and coverage and usage gaps diminishing worldwide. This is also the case in the East Asian and Pacific region, including…

The first deep dive in our series on online safety bills. Written by Wikimedia Foundation’s: Rachel Arinii Judhistari (Rjudhistari), Lead Public Policy Specialist for Asia, and Franziska Putz, Movement Advocacy Community Manager. Governments around the world are drafting bills and passing laws to improve online safety and hold technology platforms…

Written by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Jan Gerlach, Director of Public Policy, and Franziska Putz, Movement Advocacy Community Manager. Policymakers in the European Union (EU) have finally completed their negotiations over the Digital Services Act (DSA), a regulation that aims to address the spread of illegal content online. Now they have…