"Don't Blink": Protecting the Wikimedia model, its people, and its values in April 2026

The Wikimedia Foundation’s Global Advocacy team highlights four major policy initiatives from April 2026, including a partnership with the Open Knowledge Foundation to promote treating open knowledge as critical digital infrastructure. The team collaborated with Latin American digital rights organizations on principles for an open internet, supported age verification and anonymity discussions at Yale Law School, and connected with journalists at the International Journalism Festival on AI and misinformation threats. The post reflects on the increasing overlap between threats facing newsrooms and free knowledge platforms.