Hello all,
We share your concern for the ongoing threats to our community members in
Ukraine and Russia, as well as our global mission to share free and open
knowledge. As Ziko just shared, the Foundation issued a statement
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2022/03/01/wikimedia-foundation-calls-for-continued-access-to-free-and-open-knowledge-as-ukraine-crisis-continues/>
earlier today on the crisis in Ukraine. We will continue to connect with
our communities in the area and monitor for any cyber attacks or threats of
disinformation.
Earlier today, the Wikimedia Foundation received a letter from Roskomnadzor
asking for removal of an article on Russian Wikipedia about the Russian
invasion of Ukraine. Wikimedia Russia also has a copy of this letter and
has shared it on the Russian Wikipedia village pump. We appreciate the
effort of the many editors working in this area to ensure that Wikipedia
has high quality content, and we are currently reviewing what our options
are to challenge the request.
Thank you,
Stephen
On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 5:26 AM Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>
wrote:
How do US, Geman/EU (for Wikidata) and other sanctions
affect our
movement and its projects?
How is WMF supporting Wikimedians in Ukraine? And - where sanctions
allow - supporting Wikimedians in Russia, who are trying to
disseminate facts and fight censorship and propaganda?
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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