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)

"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...

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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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📚🌱 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

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

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

📚🍃 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?

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

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...

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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💪 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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Wayback Machine director Mark Graham pushes back on unfounded claims from media organizations that the Wayback Machine is a backdoor for AI scraping.⁠ ⁠ Read more via @techdirt.com 🔗 www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/p...

“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...

🗣️🌐🇺🇳 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

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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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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

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.

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.

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...

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

🌐 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...

📚 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-...

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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📰🌐 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.

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.

#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.

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

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...

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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