Writer, speaker, consultant on human rights in digital environments. Author, Consent of the Networked. Co-founder, @globalvoices. Founder, @rankingrights.
Joined March 2007
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28 Jul 2023
Let's make sure that government laws and policies protect and support Wikipedians like Johnny Au, and the Wikimedia model of decentralized volunteer-led content governance that enables his work. That should be the the litmus test for any regulation or legislation.
28 Jul 2023
Johnny Au has edited @Wikipedia every single day since 11 November 2007. He makes around 10 edits each day, which adds up to 64,000 edits in English Wikipedia over the last 15 years.
Read more about Johnny's tireless and constant work: w.wiki/794n#WikiCelebrate
ALT “Never give up. Fight the good fight. We must fight against misinformation and disinformation.” Quote by Johnny Au, Wikimedia volunteer who has been editing Wikipedia every day for the last 15 years.
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Rebecca MacKinnon retweeted
On #WorldPressFreedomDay, CPJ’s call to protect the press is more urgent than ever.
More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since CPJ began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 130 journalists and media workers were killed, two-thirds of them by Israel.
Read CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: ow.ly/v8xo50YSQtt
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Rebecca MacKinnon retweeted
The government’s letter, signed by the Minister of Technology and Science and dated April 27, 2026, offers broad language—“alignment,” “consultations,” “clearances”—but no specifics. #RightsCon
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Rebecca MacKinnon retweeted
We were preparing to travel to Lusaka for #RightsCon—the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age—along with hundreds of others. Days before it was set to begin, the Zambian government “postponed” it.
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Using Tor on your phone is a simple way to browse the web anonymously without deep technical knowledge. Here's how to get it working on Android and iPhone. ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-us…
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Rebecca MacKinnon retweeted
1 Jun 2025
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Rebecca MacKinnon retweeted
14 Mar 2025
Excited to attend @DECYale's inaugural "Summit on State AI"!
@ToutLeReste will moderate a panel, "Lessons Learned from AI in Elections," and explain how @Wikipedia supports the online ecosystem with reliable information in such moments.
dec.yale.edu/programs/summit…
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Rebecca MacKinnon retweeted
17 Jan 2025
"In a minefield of glitchy AI search and social media, @Wikipedia becomes one of the most reliable places on the internet," writes @AllisonDMorrow.
Read why the community-led @Wikimedia model has made Wikipedia the 7th most popular website in the world.
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/14/b…
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1 Mar 2025
A great step forward in defending and expanding freedom of expression worldwide.
13 Feb 2025
Wikipedia volunteers are making the internet better for everyone!
Wikipedia is now recognized as a digital public good by the UN-endorsed @DPGAlliance, highlighting the volunteer communities' role in advancing free and trusted knowledge in 300 languages.
wikimediafoundation.org/news…
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Rebecca MacKinnon retweeted
13 Feb 2025
🎉 We're excited to share that @Wikipedia has been recognized as a #DPG and is now part of the #DPGRegistry! @Wikimedia's global community plays a critical role in providing access to knowledge worldwide in 300 languages. Check their profile lo learn more digitalpublicgoods.net/r/wik…
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Rebecca MacKinnon retweeted
12 Jan 2025
Earlier this week we launched our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (@pdimagearchive)! A curated collection of 10k out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore reuse: pdimagearchive.org/
Please do check it out and spread the word!
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Rebecca MacKinnon retweeted
23 Dec 2024
Did you know you can easily track changes to Wikipedia articles you are interested in? With the watchlist tool, you can monitor updates, edits, deletions, and more actions affecting the pages you choose to "watch". 🧵⬇️ (1/3)
ALT What is a watchlist on Wikipedia? It is a personalized tool that lets you track changes to specific pages. You can monitor edits, moves, deletions, and talk page updates all in one convenient place. Image depicts a magnifying glass with focus on paper, with text in the background from the public domain work “Die Baukunst”, written by Max Hasak.
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Rebecca MacKinnon retweeted
23 Dec 2024
We joined the TAROCH Coalition to make cultural heritage accessible to all. By advocating open access policies, we advance our mission to share knowledge freely.
Let’s work together to empower communities and break down access barriers!
creativecommons.org/2024/11/…
ALT An illustration of the launch of Jean-Pierre Blanchard's gas balloon at The Hague in 1785
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Rebecca MacKinnon retweeted
17 Dec 2024
Wikipedia is the only website in the top-ten most-visited websites to be run by a nonprofit organization.
We are not funded by ads.
We don’t charge subscription fees.
We don’t sell your data.
We operate primarily on donations from people like you.
Read ➡️ wikimediafoundation.org/news…
ALT 7 reasons why you should donate to Wikipedia
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12 Jan 2025
What will it take to get the UK government to see reason?
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Rebecca MacKinnon retweeted
14 Jul 2024
How long did it take Wikipedia editors to create an article on the Trump assassination attempt? 14 minutes.
A thread on how they did it:
ALT Screenshot of the Wikipedia article "Attempted assassination of Donald Trump" as it appeared at 1:36 a.m. July 14, 2024.
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Wanna Make Big Tech Monopolies Even Worse? Kill Section 230.
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Deleting Section 230 will let the worst internet trolls run amok, because they’ll be able to second-guess content moderators in court. act.eff.org/action/online-sp…
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Rebecca MacKinnon retweeted
25 May 2024
@Wikipedia is where facts go to live
25 May 2024
Who would have thought I’d live through the age of chaos wherein Wikipedia became a more reliable resource than Google.
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