On 6 September 2023, the final day of debate in the House of Lords, news headlines focused on government statements about a controversial clause related to the scanning of encrypted messages. Concerns about the Bill’s impact on Wikipedia have also featured prominently throughout the House of Lords debates. It is…

Ten years ago, Wikipedia went dark to protest a pair of dangerous bills in the U.S. Congress. Today, we call on lawmakers everywhere to protect free knowledge. — On January 18, 2012, Wikipedia went dark for a day. For 24 hours, anyone, anywhere, who tried to access any article on English-language Wikipedia was confronted by a single black page with the message: “imagine a world without free knowledge.”

We rank the world’s most powerful internet, mobile and telecommunications companies on their respect for users’ freedom of expression and privacy. — On May 16th we will release the 2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index at the Stockholm Internet Forum. …