Thanks for a great email! I especially like the point about unexpected allies. That is something I'm trying out right now to make progress in open science and open access.
Den ons 2 sep. 2026 kl 02:36 skrev Franziska Putz via Publicpolicy < [email protected]>: > Dear friends, > > > This email contains links to updated resources on the Global Advocacy > Meta-Wiki page to support your advocacy work, as well as a few > announcements on how to get involved with upcoming events. > > > Curious what the WMF team has been up to in the past few months? We’ve > conveniently documented everything in this “Don’t Blink” recap > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/08/21/dont-blink-protecting-the-wikimedia-model-its-people-and-its-values-in-july-2026/>. > Highlights include: Understanding online age verification; child safety in > Brazil; Wikimedia and AI. > > > We said watch this space. These updates are now live! > > > 1. Completed! Communication survey. The results are in and OUT when it > comes to the survey we ran about how this group wishes to engage on calls, > collaborate, and communicate. On this page of our Meta-Wiki hub > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Legal/Global_Advocacy/Conversation_hours_and_Events>, > you can find the link to survey results as well as our next steps. We will > be relaunching our monthly internet governance calls a swell as our > quarterly advocacy network calls. > > - Next steps for quarterly calls: These calls will be hosted by YOU. > Please add your name to the list if you’re interested in hosting one of > them. If no one signs up, we will not move forward with these calls. > - Next steps for monthly calls: The next call has already been > scheduled for Thursday, October 1st. If you have not been invited but > would like to be, send Ziski an email. > > > 2. Published! Comprehensive resource that compiles all key messages to > explain Wikimedia’s value to policy makers. Find it here on Commons > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Key_External_Messages_to_Explain_Wikimedia%E2%80%99s_Value.pdf>. > Save it. Use it. Love it? > > 3. Updated policy priorities. WMF team is transitioning to a highly > prioritized remit of policy priorities for this fiscal year. These have now > been updated on our Meta-Wiki page > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Legal/Global_Advocacy/About>. > Our focus will be on (1) Ensuring that laws and regulations protect the > Wikimedia model and support its sustainable reuse over time; and (2) > Ensuring that new legislation and regulation around online safety will not > harm key values of the community’s editorial review or principles of open > governance. Our “documentation” page > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Legal/Global_Advocacy/Documentation>has > been updated to include a brand new section dedicated to online safety, as > well as an archive of useful publications where you can see how we talk > about preserving and protecting the digital commons in the age of AI. > > Events for you: RightsCon & EU Public Domain Day > > > == EU Public Domain Day == > > > European Public Domain Day 2027 (EPDD27) will be held on 21 January 2027 > in the Royal Library in Brussels, Belgium. Together with scholars, > advocates, policy-makers and practitioners, EPDD celebrates the Public > Domain and discusses how we collectively can continue fostering it. EPDD is > collaboratively co-organized by a group of Belgian stakeholders in the > public domain sphere, including Wikimedia Europe and Wikimedia Belgium. > > Here is how you can participate: > > - > > Submit a proposal: Send in a contribution to present at EPDD27. The > deadline for submissions is 30 September 2026. > - > > Save the date: Join us on 21 January 2027 at the Royal Library in > Brussels. > > > For more details, please see: > > - > > Call for Contributions: > https://www.pdday.org/news/call-for-contributions-2027/ > - > > About Public Domain Day: https://www.pdday.org/about/ > > > == RightsCon Online == > > > Registration is now open for the RightsCon Continues Summit > <https://rightscon.summit.tc/catalog/rightscon-continues-2026> (online, > starting September 22, 2026)! > > Over the course of 24 hours, spanning every time zone, the RightsCon > Continues Summit will bring our community together for a unique moment of > collective resilience. Through a focused online program built around themes > of solidarity, movement building, and cross-sector collaboration, > participants will exchange ideas, strengthen relationships, and tackle some > of the biggest threats facing digital rights today. > > To learn more or register today, visit the registration page > <https://www.rightscon.org/registration>. If you have any questions, feel > free to reach out to [email protected]. > > > Topics Wikimedians are actively monitoring and engaging in > > > ==Forgive me Father for AI have….== > > > Wikimedians are engaging religious figures, the Vatican in particular, on > discussions of AI ethics. > > - > > Wikimedia Switzerland hosted and spoke at an excellent event that > covered Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnifica_humanitas>. Watch the > recording on YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKzlJEOMdDg>. @Jenny > Ebermann <[email protected]> > - > > Wikimedia Brazil is joining Father Paolo Benanti of the Vatican on > September 2nd for an event with UNESCO on plural intelligence > > <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7496691954219581440/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAsbpqoB-OkBbw4RMiIMp7M64HDwWLrNjeo>. > @João Alexandre Peschanski <[email protected]> > > > Why are we sharing a stage? > > > AI leaders in Silicon Valley are increasingly invoking morality arguments > such as the Antichrist or "magic intelligence in the sky" - either way, > framing AI as something that will reshape human destiny. You know who > thinks about morality and the antichrist a lot? The Vatican (and other > religious groups). And they take it seriously when someone with no > background in these concepts treads on their toes. > > Believe it or not, Wikimedia and religious entities, particularly the > Vatican, may be on the same team in AI discussions. That team is the one > calling for alternative interpretations of AI ethics than what silicon > valley and industry leaders are propagating. Specifically, an understanding > that AI advancements need to place humans, and human dignity, at the center > of the equation. Technological progress must be weighed in light of the > social, cultural, and moral consequences it can have. And finally, these > tools must be able to reflect the plurality of human experiences and > intelligence. Moreover, we both know what it means to work through > multilingual, global networks. > > 🤓To learn more about the Vatican’s stance, I recommend this interview by > Kara Swisher > <https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vatican-takes-on-ai/id1643307527?i=1000775139323> > . > > Why is this a smart play from a policy advocacy perspective? > > Generally, forming unlikely alliances is an excellent advocacy tactic. My > favourite example from the Wikimedia universe is the work Wikimedia South > Africa and ReCreate did > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa/Copyright_Amendment_Bill>to > advocate for Copyright reform alongside Blind South Africa, the Actor’s > Guild and Teacher’s Union. It helps you bring in new perspectives that > sharpen your arguments. Access to a new network of stakeholders and allies > that your new partners have gives you a broader reach, since you probably > haven’t worked with their network before. It secures more media attention. > And it often gives your cause higher credibility if unlikely partners > advocate for the same thing (the surprise factor means policymakers think, > ‘woah, if these two are agreeing on something, maybe I need to pay > attention’). > > If we are able to work more closely with well-known religious leaders, we > can pitch more interesting and unique panels on major international stages. > We can also share information about Wikimedia’s unique model and value > across networks that we haven’t before accessed. And finally, it may win > support for Wikimedia (or at least, make it harder to oppose us) among > conservative leaning audiences. > > > == Online safety and age-verification bills == > > We responded to a consultation in Brazil on the topic of child safety. All > details here > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/07/07/protecting-digital-public-goods-wikimedia-foundation-and-wikimedia-brasil-contribute-to-brazils-latest-digital-eca-consultation/> > . > > Lots and LOTS of age-verification updates in the EU. See the EU > Monitoring Report > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/WRRV7WWOYJYMLVDGMBFWF5OUNXQQPOFS/> > . > > ‼️The biggest headline in this space is Meta’s landmark settlement in the > US. Read more: > > - > > The VergeCast <https://finance.biggo.com/podcast/1d289cb26299a180> > breakdown of the settlement > - > > TechDirt > > <https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/meta-just-paid-nearly-17-billion-to-make-sure-it-gets-to-write-the-kid-safety-rules-for-every-other-social-media-platform/> > analysis of the ruling > - > > Tech Policy Press > > <https://www.techpolicy.press/what-metas-us-settlement-on-child-safety-means-for-europe/>: > What the US ruling might mean for Europe > > Great newsletters to monitor tech trends > > > To learn more about what's happening in tech policy discussions beyond > Wikimedia, check out some of these newsletters: > > - The Internet Exchange <https://internet.exchangepoint.tech/> > - TechCrunch <https://techcrunch.com/tag/newsletter/> > - Tech Policy Press <https://www.techpolicy.press/newsletter/> > - Axios AI newsletter <https://www.axios.com/technology> > - Rest of the World <https://restofworld.org/> > > Advocacy events where we're showing up as a movement (list always evolving) > > 1. > > Sept 4 - 6 | Global Gathering, Portugal > 2. > > Sept 8 - 10 | Data for Policy, <https://dataforpolicy.org/> Barcelona > 3. > > Sept 22 | RightsCon Online Summit > 4. > > Sept 22 - 25 | UN General Assembly, NYC > 5. > > Oct 2 - 3 | WMEU Big Fat Brussels Meeting, Brussels > 6. > > Oct 28 - 30 | Mozilla Festival, Barcelona > 7. > > Nov 4 - 5 | Thomson Reuters TrustConference, London > 8. > > Nov 10 - 12 | Paris Peace Forum, Paris > 9. > > Nov 17 - 19 | Digital Public Goods Alliance annual members meeting, > Paris > 10. > > Dec 14 - 18 | Internet Governance Forum, Nairobi > > === [image: 🙏]Thanks for Reading This Far[image: 🙏] === > > Franziska Putz (she/her) > > Senior Movement Advocacy Manager > > Global Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation > > [email protected] > > UTC Timezone > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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