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href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/09/21/un-general-assembly-wikipedia-future-internet/"> <img width="800" height="600" src="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Global-Advocacy-United-Nations-800x600-1.png?w=800&h=600&crop=1" class="blog-post__image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Global-Advocacy-United-Nations-800x600-1.png 800w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Global-Advocacy-United-Nations-800x600-1.png?resize=300,225 300w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Global-Advocacy-United-Nations-800x600-1.png?resize=768,576 768w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Global-Advocacy-United-Nations-800x600-1.png?resize=400,300 400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> <div class="blog-post__content"> <h3 class="blog-post__title"> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/09/21/un-general-assembly-wikipedia-future-internet/"> Ahead of UN General Assembly, Wikipedia nonprofit calls on governments to ensure the future internet is shaped by communities for the public interest </a> </h3> <div class="blog-post__categories"> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/topics/legal/advocacy/">Advocacy</a> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/events/">Events</a> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>21 September 2024, New York USA ― As UN Member States are gathering in New York for the 79th United Nations General Assembly, the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, is calling on governments and the UN to ensure that stakeholders from all sectors can work together in deciding how….</p> </div> <div class="blog-post__meta"> <time class="blog-post__published" datetime=""> 21 September 2024 </time> <span class="blog-post__authors"> By <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/author/wikimedia-foundation/" title="Posts by Wikimedia Foundation" class="author url fn" rel="author">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </span> </div> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/09/21/un-general-assembly-wikipedia-future-internet/" class="blog-post__read-more" aria-label="Read more about Ahead of UN General Assembly, Wikipedia nonprofit calls on governments to ensure the future internet is shaped by communities for the public interest"> Read more </a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <a class="blog-post__image-link" alt="" tabindex="-1" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/07/25/wikimedia-foundation-calls-on-us-supreme-court-to-strike-laws-that-threaten-wikipedia/"> <img width="800" height="600" src="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/US_Supreme_Court.jpg?w=800&h=600&crop=1" class="blog-post__image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/US_Supreme_Court.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/US_Supreme_Court.jpg?resize=800,600 800w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> <div class="blog-post__content"> <h3 class="blog-post__title"> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/07/25/wikimedia-foundation-calls-on-us-supreme-court-to-strike-laws-that-threaten-wikipedia/"> Wikimedia Foundation calls on US Supreme Court to strike laws that threaten Wikipedia </a> </h3> <div class="blog-post__categories"> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/topics/legal/">Legal</a> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/countries/united-states/">United States</a> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>The Foundation supports challenges to laws in Texas and Florida that jeopardize Wikipedia's community-led governance model and the right to freedom of expression.</p> </div> <div class="blog-post__meta"> <time class="blog-post__published" datetime=""> 25 July 2024 </time> <span class="blog-post__authors"> By <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/author/wikimedia-foundation/" title="Posts by Wikimedia Foundation" class="author url fn" rel="author">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </span> </div> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/07/25/wikimedia-foundation-calls-on-us-supreme-court-to-strike-laws-that-threaten-wikipedia/" class="blog-post__read-more" aria-label="Read more about Wikimedia Foundation calls on US Supreme Court to strike laws that threaten Wikipedia"> Read more </a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <a class="blog-post__image-link" alt="" tabindex="-1" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/07/11/accreditation-world-intellectual-property-organization/"> <img width="800" height="600" src="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Green_Roof_at_the_WIPO_Headquarters_10.jpg?w=800&h=600&crop=1" class="blog-post__image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Green_Roof_at_the_WIPO_Headquarters_10.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Green_Roof_at_the_WIPO_Headquarters_10.jpg?resize=800,600 800w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> <div class="blog-post__content"> <h3 class="blog-post__title"> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/07/11/accreditation-world-intellectual-property-organization/"> Wikimedia Foundation’s Accreditation to World Intellectual Property Organization Blocked for a Fourth Time by China </a> </h3> <div class="blog-post__categories"> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>Yesterday, the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts and supports Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, was again denied accreditation as a permanent observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).</p> </div> <div class="blog-post__meta"> <time class="blog-post__published" datetime=""> 11 July 2024 </time> <span class="blog-post__authors"> By <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/author/wikimedia-foundation/" title="Posts by Wikimedia Foundation" class="author url fn" rel="author">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </span> </div> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/07/11/accreditation-world-intellectual-property-organization/" class="blog-post__read-more" aria-label="Read more about Wikimedia Foundation’s Accreditation to World Intellectual Property Organization Blocked for a Fourth Time by China"> Read more </a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <a class="blog-post__image-link" alt="" tabindex="-1" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/06/26/wikimedia-foundation-statement-volunteer-processes-reliable-sources/"> <img width="800" height="586" src="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Wikimedia-Foundation-statement.jpg?w=800&h=586&crop=1" class="blog-post__image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </a> <div class="blog-post__content"> <h3 class="blog-post__title"> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/06/26/wikimedia-foundation-statement-volunteer-processes-reliable-sources/"> Wikimedia Foundation statement on volunteer processes on reliable sources </a> </h3> <div class="blog-post__categories"> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/">Wikimedia Foundation</a> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/projects-initiatives/wikipedia/">Wikipedia</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>There has been recent media coverage regarding a decision by Wikipedia's volunteer community on the reliability of the Anti-Defamation League as an encyclopedic source in specific subject areas. In an effort to promote better understanding of how Wikipedia works, the Wikimedia Foundation has issued a statement.</p> </div> <div class="blog-post__meta"> <time class="blog-post__published" datetime=""> 26 June 2024 </time> <span class="blog-post__authors"> By <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/author/wikimedia-foundation/" title="Posts by Wikimedia Foundation" class="author url fn" rel="author">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </span> </div> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/06/26/wikimedia-foundation-statement-volunteer-processes-reliable-sources/" class="blog-post__read-more" aria-label="Read more about Wikimedia Foundation statement on volunteer processes on reliable sources"> Read more </a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <a class="blog-post__image-link" alt="" tabindex="-1" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/05/10/wikimedia-endowment-new-board-member-mayree-clark/"> <img width="643" height="483" src="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mayree_Clark.jpg?w=643&h=483&crop=1" class="blog-post__image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mayree_Clark.jpg 643w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mayree_Clark.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mayree_Clark.jpg?resize=400,300 400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px" /> </a> <div class="blog-post__content"> <h3 class="blog-post__title"> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/05/10/wikimedia-endowment-new-board-member-mayree-clark/"> The Wikimedia Endowment welcomes Mayree Clark as its newest Board member </a> </h3> <div class="blog-post__categories"> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>The Wikimedia Endowment is delighted to welcome Mayree Clark as a new member of its Endowment Board. Mayree, a finance expert, will bring her extensive governance expertise to the Wikimedia Endowment, a nonprofit charitable organization providing a permanent safekeeping fund to support the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity.</p> </div> <div class="blog-post__meta"> <time class="blog-post__published" datetime=""> 10 May 2024 </time> <span class="blog-post__authors"> By <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/author/wikimedia-foundation/" title="Posts by Wikimedia Foundation" class="author url fn" rel="author">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </span> </div> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/05/10/wikimedia-endowment-new-board-member-mayree-clark/" class="blog-post__read-more" aria-label="Read more about The Wikimedia Endowment welcomes Mayree Clark as its newest Board member "> Read more </a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <a class="blog-post__image-link" alt="" tabindex="-1" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/03/21/wikimedia-endowment-new-board-member-laura-duchatelet/"> <img width="800" height="600" src="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Laura-Duchatelet.jpg?w=800&h=600&crop=1" class="blog-post__image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Laura-Duchatelet.jpg 2662w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Laura-Duchatelet.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Laura-Duchatelet.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Laura-Duchatelet.jpg?resize=1024,767 1024w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Laura-Duchatelet.jpg?resize=1536,1151 1536w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Laura-Duchatelet.jpg?resize=2048,1535 2048w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Laura-Duchatelet.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Laura-Duchatelet.jpg?resize=800,600 800w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> <div class="blog-post__content"> <h3 class="blog-post__title"> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/03/21/wikimedia-endowment-new-board-member-laura-duchatelet/"> The Wikimedia Endowment welcomes Laura Duchâtelet as its newest board member </a> </h3> <div class="blog-post__categories"> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>The Wikimedia Endowment is excited to introduce a new member to its Endowment Board with the appointment of Laura Duchâtelet, an important advocate for Wikimedia’s knowledge equity mission.</p> </div> <div class="blog-post__meta"> <time class="blog-post__published" datetime=""> 21 March 2024 </time> <span class="blog-post__authors"> By <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/author/wikimedia-foundation/" title="Posts by Wikimedia Foundation" class="author url fn" rel="author">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </span> </div> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2024/03/21/wikimedia-endowment-new-board-member-laura-duchatelet/" class="blog-post__read-more" aria-label="Read more about The Wikimedia Endowment welcomes Laura Duchâtelet as its newest board member"> Read more </a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <a class="blog-post__image-link" alt="" tabindex="-1" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/12/07/%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%9f-%d7%95%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%9e%d7%93%d7%99%d7%94-%d7%a7%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%9c%d7%90%d7%a4%d7%a9%d7%a8-%d7%97%d7%99%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%9c%d7%90%d7%99%d7%a0%d7%98%d7%a8/"> <img width="800" height="600" src="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Wikipedia_mini_globe_handheld_BW.jpg?w=800&h=600&crop=1" class="blog-post__image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Wikipedia_mini_globe_handheld_BW.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Wikipedia_mini_globe_handheld_BW.jpg?resize=800,600 800w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> <div class="blog-post__content"> <h3 class="blog-post__title"> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/12/07/%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%9f-%d7%95%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%9e%d7%93%d7%99%d7%94-%d7%a7%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%9c%d7%90%d7%a4%d7%a9%d7%a8-%d7%97%d7%99%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%9c%d7%90%d7%99%d7%a0%d7%98%d7%a8/"> קרן ויקימדיה קוראת לאפשר חיבור לאינטרנט, וגישה לידע, בלי הפרעה בעזה </a> </h3> <div class="blog-post__categories"> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>קרן ויקימדיה מביעה את דאגתה העמוקה ממקרי ניתוק האינטרנט הנמשכים ברצועת עזה, הפוגעים באופן ישיר ביכולתם של אנשים לקבל ולשתף מידע מוויקיפדיה וממיזמי ויקימדיה אחרים. בתור המלכ"ר המארח את מיזמי ויקימדיה, הקרן מאמינה שמקרי הניתוק האלה מאיימים על משימתנו לשתף ידע ברחבי העולם ולהגן על הגישה לידע כאחת מזכויות האדם.</p> </div> <div class="blog-post__meta"> <time class="blog-post__published" datetime=""> 7 December 2023 </time> <span class="blog-post__authors"> By <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/author/wikimedia-foundation/" title="Posts by Wikimedia Foundation" class="author url fn" rel="author">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </span> </div> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/12/07/%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%9f-%d7%95%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%9e%d7%93%d7%99%d7%94-%d7%a7%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%9c%d7%90%d7%a4%d7%a9%d7%a8-%d7%97%d7%99%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%9c%d7%90%d7%99%d7%a0%d7%98%d7%a8/" class="blog-post__read-more" aria-label="Read more about קרן ויקימדיה קוראת לאפשר חיבור לאינטרנט, וגישה לידע, בלי הפרעה בעזה"> Read more </a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <a class="blog-post__image-link" alt="" tabindex="-1" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/12/05/wikimedia-foundation-calls-for-unrestricted-internet-connectivity-and-access-to-knowledge-in-gaza/"> <img width="800" height="600" src="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Wikipedia_mini_globe_handheld_BW.jpg?w=800&h=600&crop=1" class="blog-post__image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Wikipedia_mini_globe_handheld_BW.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Wikipedia_mini_globe_handheld_BW.jpg?resize=800,600 800w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> <div class="blog-post__content"> <h3 class="blog-post__title"> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/12/05/wikimedia-foundation-calls-for-unrestricted-internet-connectivity-and-access-to-knowledge-in-gaza/"> Wikimedia Foundation calls for unrestricted internet connectivity and access to knowledge in Gaza </a> </h3> <div class="blog-post__categories"> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>Ongoing internet shutdowns in the Gaza Strip threaten the Wikimedia Foundation's mission to share knowledge globally and provide access to knowledge as a human right.</p> </div> <div class="blog-post__meta"> <time class="blog-post__published" datetime=""> 5 December 2023 </time> <span class="blog-post__authors"> By <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/author/wikimedia-foundation/" title="Posts by Wikimedia Foundation" class="author url fn" rel="author">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </span> </div> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/12/05/wikimedia-foundation-calls-for-unrestricted-internet-connectivity-and-access-to-knowledge-in-gaza/" class="blog-post__read-more" aria-label="Read more about Wikimedia Foundation calls for unrestricted internet connectivity and access to knowledge in Gaza"> Read more </a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <a class="blog-post__image-link" alt="" tabindex="-1" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/11/01/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-kathy-collins-as-new-incoming-board-trustee-and-audit-chair/"> <img width="800" height="600" src="https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Kathy_Collins_Header.jpg?w=800&h=600&crop=1" class="blog-post__image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" 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href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/11/01/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-kathy-collins-as-new-incoming-board-trustee-and-audit-chair/"> Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Kathy Collins as new incoming Board Trustee and Audit Chair </a> </h3> <div class="blog-post__categories"> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/foundation/">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>1 November 2023, San Francisco – The Wikimedia Foundation, the global nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia, today announced that Kathy Collins will be joining its Board of Trustees – the board is composed of Wikimedia community volunteers and external experts to help guide the work of the Wikimedia Foundation. Kathy brings over four decades of experience….</p> </div> <div class="blog-post__meta"> <time class="blog-post__published" datetime=""> 1 November 2023 </time> <span class="blog-post__authors"> By <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/author/wikimedia-foundation/" title="Posts by Wikimedia Foundation" class="author url fn" rel="author">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </span> </div> <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/11/01/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-kathy-collins-as-new-incoming-board-trustee-and-audit-chair/" class="blog-post__read-more" aria-label="Read more about Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Kathy Collins as new incoming Board Trustee and Audit Chair"> Read more </a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <a class="blog-post__image-link" alt="" tabindex="-1" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/06/27/wikimedia-foundation-appoints-new-chief-talent-and-culture-officer-and-chief-communications-officer/"> <img width="800" height="600" 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