Miguelángel Verde Garrido

🗣️🌐🇺🇳 A milestone moment! @Wikimedia addressed the UN General Assembly at #WSIS20 last December. We advocated placing digital public goods—key to an open, reliable internet—at the heart of global digital governance. Read more: medium.com/wikimedia-poli… youtube.com/watch?v=8lZWpS…

Calling all policymakers, engineers, & open source builders for UN Tech Over during UN Open Source Week! 📍 UN HQ, NYC | 16 June 🔹 Edit-A-Thon – UN history w/ @Wikimedia 🔗 Register now: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/response… #UNOpenSourceWeek #OpenSource @UN_OICT

Subscribe to @Wikimedia's quarterly public policy advocacy newsletter to receive updates on our work to protect the right to free knowledge, insights from our experts, relevant technology policy news and events, and more! mailchi.mp/wikimedia/glob…

Our latest public policy advocacy newsletter discusses the globe-spanning legal work that protects the @Wikimedia projects and volunteers, celebrates @Wikipedia new badge of recognition, and updates you on key tech policy events where we participated. us11.campaign-archive.com/?u=7e010456c3e…

In January, @Wikimedia and affiliates worked to protect free and open knowledge: - @Wikipedia was recognized as a digital public good! - volunteers celebrated Public Domain Day - we discussed information integrity and commented on privacy in research (1/2) diff.wikimedia.org/2025/02/19/don…

“[W]ho defends free speech and democracy should wish for Wikipedia to survive and remain independent. Against the backdrop of a degraded web, the improbable success of a volunteer-run website attempting to gather all the world’s knowledge is something to celebrate, not destroy.”

Brazil’s Supreme Court’s decision on the Marco Civil da Internet is worrying: it could limit freedom of expression and access to information, generate legal uncertainty, and harm platforms like @Wikipedia. For more, read internet companies’ statement. media.licdn.com/dms/document/m…

🌍 Ready to get involved in the Wikipedia community? Want to help a friend get started? Take a look at this online course for beginners that explains how to take your first steps with the free encyclopedia ➡️ w.wiki/BVax