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    Jul 22

    The European Court of Human Rights has chosen to expedite our case to restore access to in Turkey. Here’s what it could mean . /1

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  2. 17 hours ago

    You can find the full assessment over on :

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  3. 17 hours ago

    This assessment, over two years in the making, will commit us to becoming more environmentally sustainable and conscious of our environmental impact while we work to make free knowledge available to every human being.

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  4. 17 hours ago

    Did you know ... that our projects (incl. ) are sustained with approximately one-thousandth the amount of servers of comparable volume websites? Read about this and more in our new sustainability assessment, published today.

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  5. Retweeted
    Sep 18

    This week we finished a year-long effort that's saving readers over 4.3 Terabytes of data bandwidth every day! Thanks , , and many others. For the technical how and why 👉

    Bart chart showing a decline in data cost from 36 kilobytes to just under 28 kilobytes.
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  6. Sep 18

    As CTO, Grant will lead a diverse and global department of researchers, engineers, security and machine learning experts, analysts, and more to evolve and scale Wikimedia’s platforms and infrastructure.

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  7. Sep 18

    We're excited to appoint Grant Ingersoll as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He will join the Foundation September 23, bringing two decades of experience in open source software development and natural language processing engineering to the Foundation.

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  8. Sep 16

    Over 180 memories of Armenian history are now available to everyone in the world, free of charge, thanks to a collaborative project between , , and the National Archives of Norway.

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  9. Retweeted
    Sep 14

    Make the internet a better place for free knowledge. Apply now to work with . Lots and lots of remote job roles are available. See current open roles and benefits information when you visit today

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  10. Sep 10

    With this investment, we’ll be able to better mitigate attacks like these in the future, while growing and expanding our security efforts .

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  11. Sep 10

    As a top-10 website prone to vandals, hacking, and other threats, we depend on detailed security protocols to protect Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. Just last week, we responded to a malicious attack that took offline in several parts of the world.

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  12. Sep 10

    has been a long-time supporter of the Wikimedia Foundation. To date, he’s given nearly $2 million to our projects.

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  13. Sep 10

    Today we announced $2.5 million in support from philanthropies to advance security efforts for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects.

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  14. Sep 6

    Today, Wikipedia was hit with a malicious attack that has taken it offline in several countries for intermittent periods. The attack is ongoing; our Site Reliability Engineering team is working hard to stop it and restore access to the site.

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  15. Retweeted
    Sep 6

    Wikipedia has been experiencing intermittent outages today as a result of a malicious attack. We're continuing to work on restoring access.

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  16. Sep 6

    Here is the final entry in the "Anatomy of Search" series:

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  17. Sep 6

    If you've ever had questions about how search works on , we have answers for you. Detailed answers.

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    Sep 3

    : RT : To claim your rights, you must know your rights! We are excited to announce our partnership with , with the goal of improving the quality & quantity of human rights content on . Learn more: …

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  19. Sep 2

    . exists in about 300 languages. Three years ago, established the Celtic Knot Wikipedia languages conference, bringing contributors together to improve content in smaller languages online.

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  20. Aug 29

    Robyn most recently served as the Head of People and Culture at the Public Library of Science (PLOS), where she worked to develop PLOS’s people strategy creating a culture that embraced innovation, learning, resilience and joy.

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  21. Aug 29

    The Wikimedia Foundation is excited to announce the appointment of Robyn Arville as Chief Talent and Culture Officer (CTCO).

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