I am delighted to share some exciting new resources with you. The WMF Global Advocacy team has completed two major mapping projects that document how the movement combats disinformation [1], as well as how Wikimedians have advocated for copyright reform [2]. 

These resources and key findings are now publicly available. Both projects produced a repository of examples of the tactics that Wikimedians around the world use to counter disinformation or pursue public policy advocacy. You can access both as sortable Meta-Wiki tables, each with over 70 projects (links available in the blog posts linked above). These examples can be used when you speak with policy makers, to inspire your own work, and/or to find contacts across the movement working on similar challenges. 

A heartfelt thank you to everyone on this list who participated in these projects. Understanding how Wikimedians counter disinformation and push for flexible copyright regimes is just a first step. We hope these mappings can help inform and inspire more coordinated work on these topics. Looking forward to making that happen with all of you!

Warmly,

Ziski & the Global Advocacy team

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[1] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/10/19/wikimedia-is-an-antidote-to-disinformation-introducing-a-repository-of-anti-disinformation-projects/

[2] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/10/25/what-we-learned-from-30-wikimedians-who-have-advocated-copyright-reform/