In response to our advocacy efforts with and 50+ civil society orgs, the US government authorized US internet companies to continue providing essential internet services in Russia—a big step to protect the open internet for the Russian people.
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May 25th is Africa Day! Join us as we celebrate Africa and it's diaspora all year long but especially during the month of May.
#CelebrateAfrica #Wikipedia #AfricanUnionDay #AfricanUnion
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To increase coverage of African topics on Wikimedia projects, we are kicking off the Africa Knowledge Initiative with the .
We are looking for a Wikimedian in Residence to help lead the project. Interested? Learn more. ⬇️
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BREAKING: (un)SMART Copyright Act opposed by
👉🏻 Nearly 3000 independent creators in letter
👉🏻 6300+ supporters in petition
👉🏻 18+ organizations in tweets
on #NoCensorshipFilter day. Read more + quotes from & more:
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“We ask member states to recognize and support the value that the Wikimedia free knowledge movement brings to WIPO.”—, General Counsel of the Wikimedia Foundation. (3/3)
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Our projects rely on open, flexible copyright policies to ensure knowledge can be accessed and shared freely. The chapters’ presence at WIPO would help ensure the future of global copyright policy reflects the needs of the Wikimedia movement and the broader web ecosystem. (2/3)
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We've been tracking the EU DSA from the start and have always seen it as an opportunity to protect the community-governed, public interest internet, which is what we asked policymakers to do.
How did the final outcomes stack up to our requests?
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This article was certainly a group effort, major thanks to members of the working group, folks on the apps teams, and our Comms department for the rounds of feedback. Product inclusion is a journey, so I hope you'll read where we are in ours and stick around as we continue.
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Our Lead Product Manager, @itsjaztanner, shares the story behind our new framework for equitable product development – one that puts diversity, equity, and inclusion at the center of the technology behind @Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects. 
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Want to learn more about this work? Join 's "Building With, Not For" session at the Women In Product () Conference on Tuesday, 10 May at 6:30 pm UTC. #22WIP
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"In June 2020, during the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, I felt a greater sense of urgency ... I laid out how we could approach inclusive development practices — and why it is critical to our mission." —, Lead Product Manager
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Our Lead Product Manager, , shares the story behind our new framework for equitable product development – one that puts diversity, equity, and inclusion at the center of the technology behind and other free knowledge projects. ⬇️
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In February and March, the second-ever Ukrainian Cultural Diplomacy Month took place across Wikimedia projects. It is dedicated to expanding content about famous Ukrainian artists.
Now, the results of this year's event are in.
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"The internet is what we make of it," says , Program Officer in the GLAM & Culture team at Wikimedia, in .
Read about his work in building up the Punjabi Wikipedia ⬇️
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There is much to celebrate in the Declaration for the Future of the Internet, issued in April by over 60 countries. However, reminds the signatory governments that we have a long way to go in living up to the declaration's goals.
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Today ➡️ We launched a new collaboration with youth influencers from India—part of the #KnowWithWiki campaign.
The goal? To highlight the power of free knowledge and show how projects like can help people access and share knowledge globally.
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É com muito orgulho que compartilhamos que o Brasil ficou em primeiro lugar na etapa internacional do Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 com a foto do Real Gabinete Português de Leitura, no Rio de Janeiro, do fotógrafo lituano Donatas Dabravolskas.
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💥#InternationalMuseumDay 2022 x Chapters join forces 💥
⚡May 4-18, the national Wikimedia associations invite the community to update articles 🏅 #IMD2022 Competition aims to improve content about #museums
➡️ ecs.page.link/3rWuo
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Meet Anastasia Petrova and Oleksandr Kotliar. Since the Russian government launched an open military invasion against Ukraine, they have devoted themselves to volunteering and helping refugees. w.wiki/58DU
📷 Oceanlover from kyiv, CC BY-SA 4.0, AnnaKhrobolova, CC0
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The Foundation supports the goals of the Declaration for the Future of the Internet. At the same time, we call on all of the signatory govs to immediately act and implement concrete actions to accomplish these goals.
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Wikipedia's article on Roe v. Wade was viewed over a million times yesterday.
It's the most-viewed English Wikipedia article from any day in the last month.
Learn more about the history of the 1973 US Supreme Court decision. ⬇️
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A gynandromorph is an organism that contains both male and female characteristics. The photo shows bilateral gynandromorphism (in other words, the butterfly’s right side presents female characteristics, while the left features male traits). (2/2)
📷 Butterflyrajib, CC BY-SA 4.0
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In five years, digital conservation and field documentation project #WikiLovesButterfly has documented over 500 butterfly species and subspecies.
Their latest achievement was photographing a live gynandromorph for the first time in India. (1/2)
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Under the SMART Copyright Act, Wikimedia could be forced to change its existing copyright review process.
Our USA policy expert Kate Ruane explains why this SMART Act might not be so smart after all:
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We are proud to partner with on a new campaign to help Ukrainian scholars. With a $1 donation at checkout at betterworldbooks.com, you will help provide verifiable information to Ukrainian scholars through . 🇺🇦📚Learn more:
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The real beauty: shareable and useable by all
The 2021 edition of choose winners from 4,000+ photographers who captured their surroundings in stunning pictures, as part of the largest photo competition in the world, w.wiki/55Ya
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“Online platforms should be free to use the processes and technical measures that are most appropriate for their individual formats and communities,” writes Kate Ruane, Lead Specialist for the US, on why we oppose the SMART Copyright Act.
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For nine months, a group of Fellows will support Wikimedia projects that allow more people to share knowledge in more languages. Their work will be open source and developed in collaboration with the Wikimedia volunteer community.
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Read on to discover how three New York City comedians and Annie Rauwerda, founder of , managed to turn more than 6.4 million articles on English into an in-person, ninety-minute comedy show, via .
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Intercession Church: Posevkino, Voronezh Oblast, Russia. (11/11)
📷 Yashin.v, (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Khorasan Razavi, the Windmills of Nashtifan, Iran. (10/11)
📷 Hadidehghanpour, (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Ross Castle, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland. (9/11)
📷 Markiemcg1, (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Dormition (Uspensky) Cathedral, Kharkiv, Ukraine. (8/11)
📷 Ekaterina Polischuk, (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Fort Crown Point in New York. (7/11)
📷 Daniel M. Horowitz, (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Gali Mantapa, Chitradurga in Karnataka, India. (6/11)
📷 Basavarajmin21, (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Stefan Czarniecki Monument in Tykocin, Poland. (5/11)
📷 Figoosia, (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Samchyky palace in Starokostiantyniv, Ukraine. (4/11)
📷 Zysko Serhi, (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Saint Roch chapel in Krasnobród, Poland. (3/11)
📷 Damian Pankowiec, (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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