Combat disinformation across Wikimedia

FPutz_WMF
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:58:31 +0000
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WMF is calling for help to counter disinformation.

Join our public mapping project to collect all initiatives and tools that have been developed at the local level across Wikimedia projects, and make them easily accessible and available to the movement at large.

If you are aware of anything relating to this, please send an email with the subject “disinformation mapping” to Costanza Sciubba Caniglia (csciubbacaniglia@wikimedia.org), and CC Ziski Putz (fputz@wikimedia.org).

Examples of what we’re looking for:

Wikimedia España created resources on how to identify misinformation on Wikipedia

Wikimedia Argentina created a resource explaining ‘how Wikipedia works’ in response to disinformation attacks

WikiSocPH runs edit-a-thons with a government agency tasked with documenting human rights violations to help the agency train staff on how to edit Wikipedia articles related to the Marcos family and their regime (see most recent edit-a-thon)

Wikimedia France have published memos on disinformation

Members of Farsi Wikipedia created AI tools to combat government disinformation campaigns

Wikimedia UK release educational resources that help increase information literacy in order to combat disinformation

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