Wikipedia Recognized as a Digital Public Good
The UN-endorsed Digital Public Goods Alliance has added Wikipedia to its registry, affirming the important role its volunteer editors play in making the internet better for everyone.
Transparency builds trust: Lessons from Wikipedia
How many times have you seen a post pop up on an app or social media feed and wondered where the information really came from?
Wikimedia Foundation responds to questions about how Wikipedia works
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia, continues to welcome opportunities to explain more about Wikipedia’s oversight and mechanisms to keep information safe, whether these questions come from governments, organizations, the press, or users.
The 3 building blocks of trustworthy information: Lessons from Wikipedia
A new series explores how Wikipedia can inspire new standards of knowledge integrity for our times.
Keeping information reliable in the digital age: Lessons from Wikipedia
A new series explores how Wikipedia can inspire new standards of knowledge integrity for our times.
Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations
UPDATE – 12 September 2025: The Wikimedia Foundation will not appeal the UK High Court’s decision to dismiss our challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) Categorisation Regulations. The Foundation will continue to monitor how the Court’s guidance is followed, and Wikipedia is protected as the OSA moves forward. UPDATE: On Monday, 11 August,….
Welcoming New Wikimedia Endowment Board Members, Kevin Bonebrake and Ike Kier
The Wikimedia Endowment is excited to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors.
Wikimedia Foundation welcomes incoming Board Trustee Mayree Clark
The Wikimedia Foundation announces the appointment of Mayree Clark to its Board of Trustees, which oversees and guides the Foundation’s mission and work.
Twentieth edition of Wikimania celebrates humans who make Wikipedia possible
This week, Wikimania 2025, the twentieth edition of the flagship annual conference that celebrates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, will take place in Kenya.
For fifth time, China blocks Wikimedia Foundation as permanent observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
On 9 July 2025, the Wikimedia Foundation was denied permanent observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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