New subject: Policy Brief: COVID-19 - How Wikipedia helps us through uncertain times

10 Aug 2020

      Hi all,
*COVID-19* reveals the *crucial importance of digital civic engagement* and
informational freedom for years to come. It will serve as a reference point
for pointing out the *merit of voluntary work for Wikipedia *all over the
world.
So WMDE decided to focus it's* summer policy brief *on how Wikipedia helps
people all over the world with vital and trusted medical information
("COVID-19:
Wie Wikipedia uns durch unsichere Zeiten hilft")
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Politikbrief_3_Sommer_2020_Wikimedia_Deutschland_e._V.pdf
in june and distributed it to 6 federal parliamentary comittees of
relevance for free knowledge.
We now had it translated to provide it to Wikimedians who might find it
useful, e.g. for approaching policy makers in their local contexts:
*"COVID-19: How Wikipedia helps us through uncertain times"
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Policy_Brief_-_COVID-19_-_How_Wikipedia_helps_us_through_uncertain_times.pdf*
*Our main calls to parliaments and governments:*
- support and express appreciation for digital voluntary work (e.g. by
   implementing funding programmes)
   - public authorities ought to provide access to publicly funded data
   from administrative bodies, public institutions etc. in freely accessible
   and editable formats
   - support secure legal frameworks in this context
   - support evidence-based approaches to regulating online platforms (EU
   digital services Act)
Hope you might find the policy brief useful and happy about any feedback!
best regards
Lilli
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Lilli Iliev

Projektmanagerin Politik
project manager public policy

@lilliliev https://mobile.twitter.com/lilliiliev

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