Hi everyone,
Don't miss out on your chance to attend WikiConference North America this weekend. It
is co-hosted with OpenStreetMap and will run from Friday, Nov. 11 to Sunday, Nov. 13. The
conference is fully remote and free to all. See link to register [1] and link to the full
programme [2].
The WMF Global Advocacy team will be hosting two conversations on Saturday, November 12
(details below).
Additional programme highlights include: A tagging party to stump OpenStreetMap; EFF
Director of Investigations demonstrating how his team is combining public records,
satellite imagery, and virtual reality to reveal the locations of surveillance towers;
OpenStreetMap and Pokemon GO; Future of North American Wikimedia affiliates.
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"Wikimedia sued the National Security Agency for mass surveillance. Now what?"
[3]
Saturday, Nov. 12 @ 13:00 EST
Panel discussion featuring
* Sarah Taitz, staff attorney, ACLU National Security Project
* Patrick Toomey, Deputy Director of ACLU National Security Project
* Alex Abdo, Litigation Director, Knight First Amendment Institute
* James Buatti, Legal Director, Wikimedia Foundation
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"Reclaiming the right to privacy, the bottom-up way: grassroots activism
tactics" [4]
Saturday, Nov. 12 @ 13:45 EST
Panel discussion featuring
* Evan Greer, Director, Fight for the Future
* Micah Epstein, Founding member, Coveillance Collective
* Dr. Matt Mahmoudi, Researcher & Adviser, AmnestyTech
* Jennifer Lee, Technology & Liberty Project Manager, ACLU-WA
We hope to see you there!
Ziski & the WMF Global Advocacy Team
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[1]
https://pretix.eu/openstreetmapus/wcna-mappingusa/
[2]
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2022/Schedule
[3]
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Submissions:2022/Wikimedia_sued_the_Nationa…
[4]
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Submissions:2022/Reclaiming_the_right_to_pr…