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On August 1st, 2022, Wikimedia Foundation Summer Legal Fellows hosted a virtual panel event entitled “Common Carriers: Airlines, Railroads… and Online Platforms? Recent Developments in...

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/08/29/exploring-recent-developments-in-us-social-media-law/

Last month, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Argentine Nation (Argentina) delivered a decision that upheld freedom of expression and protected free access to...

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/07/29/argentinas-supreme-court-of-justice-holds-in-favor-of-freedom-of-expression-in-right-to-be-forgotten-case/

Periodically, the Privacy team at the Wikimedia Foundation will review our privacy policies to ensure they continue to align with our commitment to privacy as...

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/06/21/small-updates-to-the-wikimedia-foundations-privacy-policies/

On June 12 a conversation took place between German and French-speaking Wikipedia volunteers respectively, and Jacob Rogers, Legal Director for the Wikimedia Foundation. The French-speaking roun...

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/06/18/lawsuits-challenging-wikipedia-articles-a-community-conversation/

The Wikimedia Foundation is committed to protecting the integrity of the Wikimedia projects  and ensuring all individuals have access to free knowledge regardless of where...

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/05/19/how-the-wikimedia-foundation-responded-to-takedown-and-user-data-requests-on-the-wikimedia-projects-in-the-second-half-of-2020/

After some news reports on the Portuguese television station SIC, Wikipedia editors updated the article on César do Paço (in Portuguese) with the information contained...

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/05/18/wikimedia-portugal-was-cleared-in-court/

A long-running case in Greece has come to a close with all claims dropped.

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2018/04/18/greece-legal-case-ended/

Seasoned attorney joins the Wikimedia Foundation after six years serving as General Counsel at the Software Freedom Conservancy.

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2018/03/02/tony-sebro-deputy-general-counsel/

Answering your questions about Wikipedia, the monkey selfie, and copyright on the Wikimedia sites.

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2017/12/22/monkey-selfie/

Brazilian Court of Appeals rules that singer Rosana Fiengo does not have the right to censor the Wikipedia article about her.

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2017/07/26/rosanah-fienngo-2/