Rebecca MacKinnon
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VP, Global Advocacy @Wikimedia. Author, Consent of the Networked. Co-founder, @globalvoices. Founder, @rankingrights. My tweets represent myself only.
Washington, DC
Joined March 2007
Let's make sure that government laws and policies protect and support Wikipedians like Johnny Au, and the Wikimedia model of decentralized volunteer-led content governance that enables his work. That should be the the litmus test for any regulation or legislation.
Johnny Au has edited @Wikipedia every single day since 11 November 2007. He makes around 10 edits each day, which adds up to 64,000+ edits in English Wikipedia over the last 15 years. Read more about Johnny's tireless and constant work:
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RT @wikimediapolicy: Excited to attend @DECYale's inaugural "Summit on State AI"!. @ToutLeReste will moderate a panel, "Lessons Learned fro….
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RT @wikimediapolicy: "In a minefield of glitchy AI search and social media, @Wikipedia becomes one of the most reliable places on the inter….
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A great step forward in defending and expanding freedom of expression worldwide.
Wikipedia volunteers are making the internet better for everyone!. Wikipedia is now recognized as a digital public good by the UN-endorsed @DPGAlliance, highlighting the volunteer communities' role in advancing free and trusted knowledge in 300+ languages.
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RT @DPGAlliance: 🎉 We're excited to share that @Wikipedia has been recognized as a #DPG and is now part of the #DPGRegistry! @Wikimedia's g….
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RT @PublicDomainRev: Earlier this week we launched our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (@pdimagearchive)! A curated col….
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RT @Wikimedia: Did you know you can easily track changes to Wikipedia articles you are interested in? With the watchlist tool, you can moni….
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RT @wikimediapolicy: We joined the TAROCH Coalition to make cultural heritage accessible to all. By advocating open access policies, we adv….
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RT @Wikimedia: Wikipedia is the only website in the top-ten most-visited websites to be run by a nonprofit organization. We are not funded….
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👀👀👀.
A new piece from @techpolicypress covers our latest report on age verification mandates as well as our online event on the topic! Be sure to give it a read:
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RT @wikimediapolicy: Nowadays, when misinformation and disinformation proliferate, the work of @Wikipedia volunteers becomes increasingly c….
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