On Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 11:51 PM Amanda Keton &lt;aketon(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: Hi everyone, My name is Amanda Keton, the new General Counsel at the Wikimedia Foundation. While Katherine is inflight traveling back from a busy week of community meetings in Chile, I wanted to share the exciting news that today, we have started to receive reports that the block of Wikipedia in Turkey is being lifted, data which is also indicated by our internal traffic reports. After more than two and a half years, access to Wikipedia has been restored in Turkey - and on a timely occasion, as we celebrate Wikipedia’s 19th birthday today! Please join me in welcoming back our friends and colleagues from Turkey. While many have remained active during the block, restoring access to Wikipedia will allow thousands more to return in the days and weeks ahead. It is our shared responsibility and honor to help make them feel welcome again and make sure they know how much we missed them. I am confident that our community will successfully welcome them back with open arms. I know we have community members around the world who have been eagerly looking forward to the block being lifted and brainstorming activities to celebrate, and I welcome them to share their ideas as we move forward. Our case in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is also still pending, and remains important even in light of the unblock as a way to continue advocating for strong protections for free expression online. We will continue to post updates about the next steps in our case before the ECHR on the Wikimedia Foundation website. We have also published a statement to reflect that access has now been restored in Turkey. [1] Thank you all for your efforts, kind words, and encouraging thoughts as we worked to restore access to Wikipedia in Turkey. I want to thank our Turkish community, in particular, for their patience, resolution, and continued participation in the movement during the more than two and a half years Wikipedia was inaccessible. This was a prolonged global effort, on behalf of free knowledge everywhere. Of course, there are other blocks around the world still in place, and our efforts in addressing this type of censorship of knowledge is far from over. That said, I hope all of you will celebrate this momentous accomplishment for free knowledge today and join me in welcoming back the people of Turkey to our projects, movement, and community. With gratitude, Amanda [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/01/16/access-to-wikipedia-restore… -- Amanda Keton (she/her) General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> *NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal and ethical reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

Hi everyone, My name is Amanda Keton, the new General Counsel at the Wikimedia Foundation. While Katherine is inflight traveling back from a busy week

community meetings in Chile, I wanted to share the exciting news that today, we have started to receive reports that the block of Wikipedia in Turkey is being lifted, data which is also indicated by our internal traffic reports. After more than two and a half years, access to

has been restored in Turkey - and on a timely occasion, as we celebrate Wikipedia’s 19th birthday today! Please join me in welcoming back our friends and colleagues from Turkey. While many have remained active during the block, restoring access to Wikipedia will allow thousands more to return in the days and weeks

It is our shared responsibility and honor to help make them feel welcome again and make sure they know how much we missed them. I am confident

our community will successfully welcome them back with open arms. I know

have community members around the world who have been eagerly looking forward to the block being lifted and brainstorming activities to celebrate, and I welcome them to share their ideas as we move forward. Our case in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is also still pending, and remains important even in light of the unblock as a way to continue advocating for strong protections for free expression online. We will continue to post updates about the next steps in our case before the ECHR on the Wikimedia Foundation website. We have also published a statement to reflect that access has now been restored in Turkey. [1] Thank you all for your efforts, kind words, and encouraging thoughts as

worked to restore access to Wikipedia in Turkey. I want to thank our Turkish community, in particular, for their patience, resolution, and continued participation in the movement during the more than two and a

years Wikipedia was inaccessible. This was a prolonged global effort, on behalf of free knowledge everywhere. Of course, there are other blocks around the world still in place, and

efforts in addressing this type of censorship of knowledge is far from over. That said, I hope all of you will celebrate this momentous accomplishment for free knowledge today and join me in welcoming back the people of Turkey to our projects, movement, and community. With gratitude, Amanda [1]

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Thanks Amanda for sharing this wonderful news, looking forward to collaborate and work with Turkish Community. All my best wishes. Best regards, Rajeeb. (U:Marajozkee) On Fri, 17 Jan 2020 at 01:12, John Erling Blad &lt;jeblad(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > My name is Amanda Keton, the new General Counsel at the Wikimedia > > Foundation. While Katherine is inflight traveling back from a busy

in > > Turkey is being lifted, data which is also indicated by our internal > > traffic reports. After more than two and a half years, access to > Wikipedia > > has been restored in Turkey - and on a timely occasion, as we

Turkey. welcome know > we > > have community members around the world who have been eagerly looking > > forward to the block being lifted and brainstorming activities to > > celebrate, and I welcome them to share their ideas as we move

> > > > Our case in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is also still > > pending, and remains important even in light of the unblock as a way

> > continue advocating for strong protections for free expression

We the > > ECHR on the Wikimedia Foundation website. We have also published a > > statement to reflect that access has now been restored in Turkey. [1] > > > > Thank you all for your efforts, kind words, and encouraging thoughts

> we > > worked to restore access to Wikipedia in Turkey. I want to thank our > > Turkish community, in particular, for their patience, resolution, and > > continued participation in the movement during the more than two and

on > > behalf of free knowledge everywhere. > > > > Of course, there are other blocks around the world still in place,

> our > > efforts in addressing this type of censorship of knowledge is far

the

> > -- > > > > Amanda Keton (she/her) > > > > General Counsel > > > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > *NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If

the > > mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal and > ethical > > reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, > community > > members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For > more > > on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.* > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe:

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