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DEM-Debate project: the Critical Legal Analysis
https://wikimedia.brussels/dem-debate-project-the-critical-legal-analysis/
Published: December 23, 2025 17:10
The latest deliverable of the DEM-Debate project authored by the University of Amsterdam explores how the new EU legal framework on election disinformation applies to Wikipedia. The legal analysis evaluates, through critical lenses, the impact of the new…
WMEU on the Digital Omnibus & the Russmedia Decision
https://wikimedia.brussels/editorial-wmeu-on-the-digital-omnibus-the-russmedia-decision/
Published: December 11, 2025 08:50
On 19 November 2025, the European Commission unveiled its Digital Omnibus package — a pair of legislative proposals aimed at simplifying the EU’s digital regulatory framework. The first one is focused specifically on AI, while the second covers data…
Open letter: Harnessing open source AI to advance digital sovereignty
https://wikimedia.brussels/open-letter-harnessing-open-source-ai-to-advance-digital-sovereignty/
Published: November 13, 2025 07:15
November 13, 2025 Dear Presdent Macron,Dear Chancellor Merz,Dear President von der Leyen, Europe is at a crossroads. The Summit on European Digital Sovereignty marks an important milestone for the EU and its member states in aligning on a shared strategy…
Wikipedia & AI Competition: Biases, Mistakes, Omissions
https://wikimedia.brussels/wikipedia-ai-competition-biases-mistakes-omissions/
Published: November 11, 2025 12:56
Competition is a good thing. Wikipedia’s free licences explicitly welcome it. We have seen other platforms and encyclopaedias appear in the past, and we will see more in the future. The latest batch of competition that wants to harness AI technology to…
Wikipedia Is Running On Its Own Metal: The Power and Limits of Self-Hosted Infrastructure
Published: October 30, 2025 11:12
The recent AWS outage served as yet another reminder of how much of the modern internet depends on a handful of cloud providers. When the service experienced widespread disruptions in October 2025, countless websites and applications went dark. The…
Why Wikimedia Supports Secondary Publication Rights for Publicly Funded Research
Published: October 23, 2025 11:56
Through its flagship research programme, Horizon Europe, the European Union will spend 95.5 billion euro on science and research until 2027. Yet, the results of this research in many cases will not be accessible to Europeans – academics, regular citizens…
Protecting and Empowering Children Online: A Wikimedia Perspective
https://wikimedia.brussels/protecting-and-empowering-children-online-a-wikimedia-perspective/
Published: October 17, 2025 08:23
We understand the concern and are concerned ourselves. Lawmakers worldwide are rightly focused on the effects personal data collecting, algorithm-and-advertising-driven, content pushing platforms have on growing up. Protecting and empowering minors—both…
Wikipedia’s Fight Against Election Disinformation: A New research paper looks into Community Governance
Published: September 17, 2025 11:33
As elections across the EU face growing threats from disinformation, Wikipedia stands out as a unique case study in how community-governed platforms work to safeguard information integrity. A new mapping report, part of the DEM-Debate project, explores…
“AI for Youth, by Youth”: Why Young People Must Shape the Future of AI Governance
Published: July 22, 2025 14:15
What happens when students are told for years that “Wikipedia does not count as a source” only to then be handed generative AI tools without question? The result is confusion and a missed opportunity to critically shape our digital futures. Author: Sophia…
EU Anti-SLAPP Directive: It is time for national governments to act in favor of the public interest!
Published: July 2, 2025 13:16
SLAPPs are “strategic lawsuits against public participation”: legal cases brought to the courts in order to threaten and/or silence journalists, activists, and academics, including Wikipedia volunteer contributors. This legal phenomenon risks causing a…