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328: 397: 382:, a specialized strategy and management consultancy with expertise in human rights, responsible innovation, and sustainabilityā€”started work on the CRIA in late 2021, and completed it in March 2023. The publication of this report (redacted to protect security and privacy of volunteers, readers, and those who were interviewed for the report) represents both a continuation of the Foundationā€™s commitments to human rights, and an important opportunity to revitalize conversations across the Wikimedia movement around how to best protect children on Wikimedia projects. 205: 519:: "The web is really large and the search index can simply not include every single page. A page that otherwise has no problems may not be indexed for a myriad of complex reasons, for instance if the indexing process determines that the page is unlikely to be requested in search. This is in line with the Search Central documentation that states: 'Google doesn't guarantee that it will crawl, index, or serve your page, even if your page follows the Google Search Essentials.'" Right. For comparison, only a couple hundred of the several thousand 124: 144: 488: 611: 104: 134: 36: 154: 114: 164: 359:
make it impossible to know just how many young readers and editors there are on Wikimedia projects, an untold number of people less than 18 years of age seek out verifiable, encyclopedic information on Knowledge (XXG). Some of them progress from readers to editors as they start to contribute their
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A child may be exposed to unwelcome and inappropriate content on the platform. Content that may be classified as ā€œharmfulā€ on pages of Wikimedia projects include bloody or violent images (e.g., medical images), content detailing self-harm or eating disorders, hateful or racist speech, pornography,
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and sentenced, respectively, to 5 and 8 years in prison, with the formerā€™s sentence having been increased to 32 years on appeal in September 2022; however, reports about their incarceration first went public in January 2023. The two, whose arrest and detention are considered to be connected to the
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Create child safeguarding tools, including child-friendly guidance on privacy settings, data collection, reporting of grooming attempts, the forthcoming UCoC as well a ā€œChildā€™s Guide to Editing Wikimedia Projectā€ to help advance the right of children to be civically
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own knowledge to these pages. Protecting child safety, both of readers and editors, is a top priority not only for the Foundation, but also for Wikimedia community groups and affiliates around the globe.
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ran a "Heritage Lens" project last year. The above picture is from the project's second iteration in December 2023, focused on South Kashmir, a region in the
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The Chinese Knowledge (XXG) has apparently been in administrative crisis ever since the 2021 WMF desysops (see previous coverage in the 26 September 2021
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dated 19 January 2024 asking for the immediate release of Osama, Ziyad and all of the other activists currently detained in Saudi Arabian prisons. ā€“
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to protect and uphold the human rights of all those who interact with Wikimedia projects. In 2020, the Foundation carried out an organization-wide
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Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail: Plus WMF child rights impact assessment, Chinese Knowledge (XXG) changes admin rules
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With regard to the report on child rights, I wonder what the Foundation could possibly do about this point (from the exec summary)
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to "understand the impacts, risks, and opportunities posed to children who access and participate in Wikimedia projects":
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Provide access to a geotargeted suicide prevention hotline at the top of the articles on Suicide Methods.
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and contributing to several articles about Saudi human rights activists, such as
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to trial probationary adminship for candidates getting at least 50% approval.
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There are some interesting and possible recommendations mentioned in the
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Article One ā€“ WMF Child Rights Impact Assessment Report 2023 (English)
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Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail
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Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail
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sexually explicit images, and child sexual abuse material.
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for several years, while being deeply involved within the
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approval threshold from the previous 80% to about 70ā€“75%;
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Nine different civil rights organizations, including
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Farah Jack Mustaklem
Osama Khalid
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al-Ha'ir Prison
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