The Latest Breaking News from The Wikimedia Foundation

Wikipedia turns 25, still boasting zero ads and over 7 billion visitors per month despite the rise of AI and threats of government repression

The Ming Dynasty Yongle Encyclopedia is quietly seething.

PC Gamer · Jan 18

Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia

Wikipedia reminds us how important it is for AI training, which is why many tech firms pay for enterprise subscriptions.

TechRadar · Jan 16

Wikipedia commemorates 25th anniversary by inking AI licensing deals

Wikipedia, the ninth most visited site globally, boasts over 65 million articles in 300 languages, maintained by some 250,000 volunteers

The Independent UK · Jan 15

Wikipedia says AI is causing visitor numbers to plummet

Google claims web users are ‘happier with the experience’ of having AI-generated summaries

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025

Conservatives Slam Wikipedia as 'Woke' And Its Own Co-Founder Agrees: 'It's Been Hijacked by the Left'

Wikipedia faces renewed backlash from conservatives and co-founder Larry Sanger, who says the site has been 'hijacked by the left.' The Wikimedia Foundation insists neutrality remains its core principle.

International Business Times UK · Oct 6, 2025

Case dismissed – Wikipedia loses UK Online Safety Act legal challenge, but it may still be safe from age checks

The Wikimedia Foundation has lost its legal challenge against the Online Safety Act, but it may still be on the right track to resist new rules.

TechRadar · Aug 12, 2025

Wikipedia loses challenge against UK Online Safety Act rules

A High Court ruling in the UK has quashed Wikipedia’s attempt to overturn part of the country’s divisive Online Safety Act. Judges dismissed the Wikimedia Foundation’s challenge to rules that could place the online encyclopaedia under the law’s strictest category of regulation.

Euronews · Aug 12, 2025

Wikipedia challenged the UK's new Online Safety Act and lost, but may have set a new precedent for fighting the rules all the same

The ruling "does not give Ofcom and the secretary of state a green light to implement a regime that would significantly impede Wikipedia’s operations."

PC Gamer · Aug 11, 2025

Wikipedia can challenge Online Safety Act if strictest rules apply to it, says judge

Wikimedia Foundation says it will be forced reduce access to site if it is classified as a category 1 provider

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025

Wikipedia’s ‘neutrality’ has always been complicated. New rules will make questioning it harder

Last month, the American non-profit organisation behind Wikipedia issued draft guidelines for researchers studying how neutral Wikipedia really is. But instead of supporting open inquiry, the guidelines reveal just how unaware the Wikimedia Foundation is of its own influence.

The Conversation · Aug 10, 2025