Wikimedia Foundation releases its first transparency report

• f/g: The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce the release of its first transparency report. Among the information provided in the report, there are details about content alteration, copyright takedown requests and requests for user data: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/06/wikimedia-foundation-releases-first-transparency-report/

Wikipedia pages censored in European search results

• f/g: The Wikimedia Foundation has begun receiving notices that certain links to Wikipedia content would no longer appear in search results served to people in Europe. As part of our commitment to transparency and our opposition to censorship, WMF has created a dedicated page where we will be posting notices about attempts to remove links to Wikimedia under this authority. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/06/wikipedia-pages-censored-in-european-search-results/

European court decision punches holes in free knowledge

• f/g: The Wikimedia Foundation’s Executive Director, Lila Tretikov, addresses the recent requests to remove certain links to Wikipedia content as a result of the European Court Justice ruling, saying “The WMF will stand by its commitment to build the sum of all human knowledge through the protection of all of its sources. We will be posting notices for each indefinite removal of Wikipedia search results.” https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/06/european-court-decision-punches-holes-in-free-knowledge/

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