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On Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 2:59 PM Neurodivergent Netizen <
idoh.idreamofhor...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Can you tell us what MENA stands for?
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> From,
> I dream of horses
> She/her
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> On Dec 6, 2022, at 8:28 AM, Wikimedia Trust and Safety <c...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> On December 6th 2022, the Foundation undertook 16 global bans to users who
> were engaging in conflict of interest editing on Wikipedia projects in the
> MENA region. While we are  unable to discuss Foundation office actions in
> detail due to legal limitations and for the safety of our communities, we
> would like to speak a little more to this situation as it involves the
> safety and security of all of us.
>
> As Wikimedia projects have risen in prominence across the world, it has
> attracted increasing attention of those who would like to control the
> information published on it, for political or other reasons. Community
> members have addressed concerns of this sort for many years, but sometimes
> volunteers who intervene in such cases may themselves face retaliation for
> their actions. The Foundation does its best to support volunteers in such
> cases, in order to preserve their safety.
>
> In January of 2022, the Foundation began an investigation into alleged
> conflict of interest editing on Wikipedia projects in the MENA region. In
> that investigation, we were able to confirm that a number of users with
> close connections with external parties were editing the platform in a
> coordinated fashion to advance the aim of those parties. These connections
> are a source of serious concern for the safety of our users that go beyond
> the capacity of the local language project communities targeted to
> address.  Due to the gravity of this situation, and in order to keep our
> users and the projects safe, the Foundation issued these 16 global bans.
>
> Such actions can be distressing to those who know individuals involved and
> to those who don’t. They can cause volunteers to mistrust each other and to
> mistrust the Foundation and to be unsure if they can safely contribute. We
> are unable to share more details about this situation due to the reasons
> mentioned above, but we want to assure you that the Foundation will
> continue to explore various ways to keep everyone safe and free to
> contribute to the projects. We want to thank those community members across
> the globe who address such situations every day and encourage all of you to
> consider how to be safe in your volunteer activities. We recognize that as
> we move forward, we will need to work with our communities to find a global
> process to navigate safety challenges that allow such situations to be
> dealt with as transparently as possible while also prioritising avoiding
> risk to the safety of our users.
>
> For anyone who feels unsafe on Wikimedia projects we encourage you to use
> the local community processes or to contact us for assistance. The
> Foundation and the community will work together, or in parallel, to enhance
> the safety of all users whenever necessary with whatever means we can.
>
> To contact the Trust & Safety team please email  c...@wikimedia.or
> <c...@wikimedia.org>g.
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> Kind regards,
>
> WMF Office/Trust and Safety
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