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Türkiye Anayasa Mahkemesi, Vikipedi’nin iki buçuk yıllık engelinin anayasaya aykırı olduğuna karar verdi
Advocacy
Anayasa Mahkemesi bugün, Türkiye’de iki buçuk yıldan fazladır süren Vikipedi’ye erişim engelinin anayasaya aykırı olduğuna hükmetti. Türkiye’nin en yüksek mahkemesinin aldığı bu yeni karar ışığında Türkiye’de erişimin yakında yeniden sağlanacağını ve engelin kalktığına dair güncel bilgi aldığımızda bu bildiriyi yeniden güncellemeyi umuyoruz. Bilgiye evrensel erişime verilen bu önemli onayı memnuniyetle karşılama hususunda Türk halkına, ve….
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Turkish Constitutional Court rules that the two and a half year block of Wikipedia is unconstitutional
Advocacy Community
Today, the Turkish Constitutional Court has held that the more than two and a half year access ban of Wikipedia in Turkey was unconstitutional. We hope that access will be restored in Turkey soon in the light of this new ruling from Turkey’s highest court and will update this statement if we receive notification that….
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Why the Wikimedia Foundation has not signed on to the Contract for the Web
Advocacy Foundation Legal
In November 2019, Tim Berners-Lee and the Web Foundation launched the Contract for the Web, a set of rules designed to address the challenges facing digital communication and participation— from threats to online privacy and security to connectivity and digital inclusion. The multi-stakeholder effort outlines nine principles for governments, companies and citizens designed to safeguard….
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District Court rules for government in Wikimedia Foundation’s mass surveillance case against the NSA
Foundation Legal Wikimedia v. NSA
On 16 December 2019, Judge T.S. Ellis, III, issued a ruling in Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA, our case against the United States National Security Agency’s Upstream mass surveillance practices. We filed this lawsuit in March 2015 with eight co-plaintiffs, to protect Wikimedia users’ ability to read and edit the projects without being subject to government….
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Wikimedia Foundation and UN Human Rights launch #WikiForHumanRights campaign to improve and expand knowledge about human rights online
Communications Events
At a time of growing polarization, misinformation, and limits placed on freedom of speech, assembly, and privacy, as well as ongoing conflict—understanding our human rights is a critical part of our daily lives. It dictates everything from how we gather in our communities and speak about the issues and causes we care about, to how….
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Imagination becomes reality in the winners of the 2019 Wiki Loves Earth photo contest
Communications Photo contests Wikimedia Commons
The child of a monkey holds on to its mother tightly. A lone straw bale stands in a field prior to being collected. A few rays of sunlight filter into a dark, foreboding cave filled with clear blue water. These are a mere three of the imagination-fueling winners from the international Wiki Loves Earth photography….
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Setting the record straight—WT:Social is not affiliated with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation
Board Communications Foundation Wikipedia
As of late, we have received several questions about the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia’s affiliation with WT:Social. The recently launched WT:Social is related to WikiTribune, a venture independently initiated by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation are separate and independent from WT:Social. We have no connection to the social networking site. The….
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Welcome to Wikipedia! Here’s what we’re doing to help you stick around
Research Wikipedia
Someone signing up to edit a Wikipedia page for the first time may feel a bit like a visitor to a new planet—excited, to be sure, but wildly overwhelmed. Many new editors must wonder: Just how many millions of articles are in this vast online resource? And which of those millions of articles need that….
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Amazon to help advance free knowledge for all with new $1 million gift to the Wikimedia Endowment
Advancement Communications Endowment Foundation
We are pleased to announce a new $1 million gift to the Wikimedia Endowment from Amazon to support greater access to information for everyone. This is Amazon’s second gift to the Wikimedia Endowment, a permanent fund dedicated to ensuring the long-term sustainability of Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. When Wikipedia was created….
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