Dear Esra'a, 

let me be the first one to write that I think it is awesome, a great win for Tor and for us. I hope we'll be able to work together more efficiently toward the free, uncensored access to knowledge. 

best,

Dariusz 

On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 8:30 PM Esra'a Al Shafei <ealshafei@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Dear all,

As a current Wikimedia Foundation Board member, I wanted to reach out and announce that I have agreed to join the Board of the Tor Project.

The Foundation Board and relevant staff members have been made aware and given an opportunity to raise any possible concerns, in line with our conflict of interest policies. Since there were no issues raised, my Board membership with Tor began December 15 and was made public today.

Tor’s privacy technologies have been critical resources for my human rights advocacy work. It felt fitting to have this opportunity to support an organization and community that made my work and the work of many other activists possible, especially those who live in countries where censorship and surveillance are the norm.

In the rare event that any Board decision from Tor or Wikimedia Foundation may impact either organization, I will be fully recusing myself from them. Like the Foundation Board, this position is voluntary and unpaid. 

Here is the announcement from Tor: https://blog.torproject.org/announcing-new-board-members/

Regards,

Esra’a

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Esra'a Al Shafei (She/Her) Board of Trustees  Wikimedia Foundation

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​​	prof. dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak kierownik katedry MINDS, Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego członek korespondent Polskiej Akademii Nauk faculty associate Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University

Ważniejsze książki: Collaborative Society (2020, MIT Press, z A. Przegalińską), Thick Big Data (2020, Oxford University Press), Common Knowledge? (2014, Stanford University Press)

W niedawnych badaniach wykryłem dezinformację nt. #AstraZeneca, analizowałem międzynarodowe sieci medialne dot. rozmów klimatycznych, pokazałem, że  prawo Godwina nie działa, że open source umiera powolną śmiercią,  że najlepsze artykuły na Wikipedii tworzy wikiprojekt o cyklonach, że naukowczynie  raczej nie publikowały mniej w lockdownach, że bibliografie na Wikipedii korespondują z rankingami czasopism , czy że prawnicy z Harvardu akceptują piractwo.