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In , our Global Advocacy VP, , and Lead Counsel, Phil Bradley-Schmieg, explain why the United Kingdom's Online Safety Bill is a threat to 's volunteer-run content moderation model and other non-commercial, public interest platforms. ⬇️
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So proud and honored to have played a supporting role in this event about how Wikimedians fight disinfo about the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the European Parliament earlier this month.
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For those who couldn't attend our event with @PiratKolaja, @antonprotsyuk published a great article detailing how the @Wikipedia community in #Ukraine works against #disinformation. Read, get inspired & support Ukraine & Wikipedians 
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Twitter is now blocking all links to most other big US social media companies...but not China's TikTok. Interesting.
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“For non-commercial, public interest platforms such as Wikipedia, the UK’s Online Safety Bill threatens to undermine their volunteer-driven governance model.” & Phil Bradley-Schmieg #DigitalAlliance
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“Supporters of Brexit once argued that it would free the UK from European overregulation. Unfortunately, the Online Safety Bill in its present form threatens to produce the opposite outcome.” & Phil Bradley-Schmieg #DigitalAlliance
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Fascinating.
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For my debut at @WIRED, I wrote about China’s protest Instagram, particularly nostalgic mood boards and meme pages, how they not just facilitated the protest but radicalized the Chinese diaspora youth. Many thanks to @chengela for edits!
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Banning end to end encryption is impossible. Attempts to do so are idiotic. If you care about online safety then you need to embrace strong encryption. Anyone against strong encryption is against online safety. End of story.
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(@Wikipedia is where facts go to live /Craig)
Editors are crucial for Wikipedia’s continued reach and impact. Learn how the Wikimedia Foundation is making it easy for people to contribute to Wikipedia! wikimediafoundation.org/news/2022/12/0
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Does anyone else get physically queasy seeing ad hoc and poorly thought through changes to platform speech policies?
This one is intended to stop people from tracking billionaires’ airplanes—but would seem to also prohibit tweeting about going to a restaurant with a friend.
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It's really not too late for policymakers to think about public funding for digital public spaces that can't just be bought by narcissistic Silicon Valley dudes.
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Today this platform has banned @elonmusk critics and several major journalists who have reported it. @Twitter has also been accused of removing subjects from it's "trending" ranker, specifically concerning Ukraine. Screenshot this tweet just in case techcrunch.com/2022/12/15/twi
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I just donated to Foundation. This is to keep and its sister projects a free and open learning resource for everyone. If you can please also give today
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If were a serious journalist, she would look into the Palestinian and sex worker accounts that we all knew were shadowbanned but instead she’s focusing on racist clowns.
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Thank you! I've been saying this for years but had no evidence except personal experience. Twitter places accounts they don't like under different forms of shadow bans, my account included.
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1. A new #TwitterFiles investigation reveals that teams of Twitter employees build blacklists, prevent disfavored tweets from trending, and actively limit the visibility of entire accounts or even trending topics—all in secret, without informing users.
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We're celebrating ' decade of protecting #environmentalrights, #LGBTI+ advocacy, #genderequality & election monitoring activists & #HRDs who face digital threats. Here's to 10 years of holistic digital security support! 👇🏽
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Not for sale. twitter.com/LevineJonathan…
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This is one of the best articles about how Wikipedia works that I have ever seen:
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I wonder how much Wikipedia would cost?
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Talented Chinese netizens use this graphic (no idea who drew it though) to illustrate what the state gov has done in past three years to complicate pandemic control mechanism with rounds of empty talks but achieved zero result solving the real problems. Very telling.
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So I'm in this amazing project with #SWPS University & & their brilliant students. I need to know from my #digitalrights people: what is the key characteristics of an activist - in 1 tweet. You will help young researchers make a great report - & it's #ForScience!
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is one of the most valuable websites on the internet, the prize jewel of the online world - and is not purchasable or able to be valued
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Not for sale. twitter.com/LevineJonathan…
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Ooh looking forward to this!
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The policies of the telcos we evaluated represent users across the world. By working with global partners, we’ve been able to learn more about the worldwide struggle for tech accountability.
Learn how you can launch your own research in our Research Lab:
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The 2022 Telco Giants Scorecard is live!
Explore our data to see how 12 of the largest telecommunications companies around the world did at protecting digital rights.
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The #TelcoGiants Scorecard covering the human rights impacts of 12 of the largest global telcos is live today!
Read our press release for details on how to get in touch with us to cover our findings or talk to one of our digital rights experts:
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Today published the 2022 #TelcoGiants Scorecard, which uses RDR’s methodology to examine whether telecom companies around the world are upholding users’ digital rights (Hint: Your provider likely knows more about you than you think!).
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The UK's Online Safety Bill, as drafted, is like a net trying to catch a bunch of harmful things that happen on the internet, but lots of dolphins will be caught in the net, Wikipedia being one such. In the meantime the net is not going to achieve the intended purpose. 👇👇👇
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If you saw @jimmy_wales on #BBCLauraK just there talking about how sites like Wikipedia get swept into legislation targeting basically three sites, here's what the Online Safety Bill will force Wikipedia to do: medium.com/wikimedia-poli
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Check out this thread about our event in the European Parliament yesterday!👇👇
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Today @Wikimedia_CR and @wikimedia_ua presented at the European Parliament. Here's what stood out:
"Producing information is, and always has been, a political act. So is speaking truth to power" @a2na
"@Wikimedia is one of the marvels of the modern world"@PiratKolaja
"Producing information is, and always has been, a political act. So is speaking truth to power" @a2na
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Here is the #IGF2022 outcome of document of the on #PlatformResponsibility dedicated to on "Towards Meaningful and Interoperable #Transparency for Digital #Platforms" 🚀🚀🚀
👉 bit.ly/IGF22plat
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Great piece from , founder of on the rise of the diaspora in African football and the impact of diasporan coaches on African national teams:
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Amazing --> "Was everyone told to come here by foreign forces? We can't even access foreign internet, how are foreign forces meant to be communicating with us?" #ChinaProtests
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This was such a brilliant video I subtitled it so more people can watch it. Beijing students' response last night to accusations that there are 'foreign forces' at play in this weekend's protests
'The foreign forces you are talking about – are they Marx and Engels?' twitter.com/renminwansui5/…
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Save the date! The #TelcoGiants Scorecard will launch on December 5, featuring ’ evaluations and rankings of 12 telcos’ published policies and their effects on human rights, such as free speech and privacy. Read this blog post to learn more:
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What’s citizens’ role in providing access to information? How do self-organized online communities in Ukraine and Czechia counter disinformation? Join the conversation w/ & Mykola Kozlenko on 1 December in Brussels
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war in Ukraine. Two epicenters of massive spread of disinformation in very close succession.
Super excited to have teamed up with @wikimedia to discuss how to combat disinformation.
Make sure to register, so that you can join the debate!
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The paradigm of free knowledge didn’t free the world – it might have reached its limit of growth. With “The Paradox of Growth,” Anna Mazgal responds to the #ParadoxofOpen. Come join us at the launch of “Paradox of Open: Responses” on 30/11 at 17 CET: openfuture.eu/event/open-fut
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Astounding imagery. In my study of Chinese media, I don't recall public protests directly calling for press freedom in the past two decades. What is very intriguing about these protests is how single-issue focus on #covidlockdown quickly transpired into wider political issues.
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Transl:"Chengdu people are passionate. Many young people went to Wangping Street, the video was sent by a friend's daughter. She said: If everyone wants to save their lives or silence, this country will never have hope."
Crowd shouts "Freedom for the news media! 新聞自由, twitter.com/longbin5674447…
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How do we prioritize voices, experiences, & leadership from the global south & bring these to inform global initiatives including global digital compact,US Department of State's office of global engagement, commitments of the UNGEF, & other efforts to have a #FutureofaFemaleWeb?
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How do we ensure an online space that is safe, equitable, and trusted for all genders? Tomorrow (Nov 28th), at the #IGF2022, come and learn this and more during the #75 Future of a Female Web session at 07:00 UTC. Direct link to register via IGF is at: 
bit.ly/futurefemaleweb
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., our + Fellow, spoke about her research on inequality and knowledge in the podcast on the occasion of the 10-year anniversary of Brazil's Quota Law.
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@Ste_PLima, fellow de pós-doutorado do InternetLab, participou do podcast #BatalhasDigitais e falou sobre a busca por equidade no acesso conhecimento, a partir do mapeamento “Desigualdades & Conhecimentos - Transformações, desafios e estratégias após 10 anos da Lei de Cotas”. 
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👋ATTENTION WIKIMEDIANS
Share your work at RightsCon!
Join global participants to discuss human rights in the digital age, including...
➡️The value of community moderation
➡️How Wiki projects help document global issues
➡️Your work on disinfo, GLAM, and more
Details in🧵
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OPEN #RightsCon Call for Proposals
Are you ready to share your work at RightsCon Costa Rica and help shape the digital future?
Submit your proposal by:
23:59, Jan 12 in San Francisco
08:59, Jan 13 in Brussels
14:59, Jan 13 in Hong Kong
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