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Resources from Wikimedia Movement Affiliates

• [Public Comments] Wikimedia South Africa Comment on the Copyright Amendment Bill [B 13D – 2017] to the NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour. 11 January 2023.
  
• [Speaking Presentation] Wikimedia Ukraine and Wikimedia Czech Republic presentation at the European Parliament, "A citizen's struggle: combatting disinformation by self-organized online communities". December 2022.

Open Letters, Public Petitions, Statements, etc

• [Campaign] Fight for the Future petition against copyright censorship (USA) in April, 2022.
  
• [Letter] Wikimedia Foundation Letter to U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee for its hearing on "Protecting American Consumers: Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Data Privacy and Security" in 14 June 2022.
  
• [Letter] Coalition urging USA Senate to drop EARN IT Act, February 2022 alongside Center for Democracy & Technology and others.
  
• [Letter] Public interest letter opposing Journalism Competition & Preservation Act (JCPA) alongside Public Knowledge and others, February 2022.
  
• [Letter] Urging UK government to preserve internet access in Russia despite sanctions on 20 May 2022 alongside Open Rights Group, Access Now, Article19 and others.
  
• [Letter] Letter to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to withdraw the Regulation for Digital, Social Media, and OTT Platforms on 7 March 2022 alongside Access Now and others.
  
• [Letter] Veto the SIM Card Registration Bill in the Philippines on 18 February 2022 alongside Foundation for Media Alternatives and others.
  

Public Comments/Submissions on bills and more

• [Public Submission] Wikimedia Foundation Submission to UNESCO Guidance for platform regulation, 02 December 2022.
  
• [Public Comments] Wikimedia Foundation Comments to the Privacy Civil Liberties Oversight Board in its Oversight of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
• [Public Comments] Wikimedia Foundation comments to the Federal Trade Commission in its Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Rulemaking.
• [Public Comments] Wikimedia Foundation comments on the UK draft Online Safety Bill, submitted to UK Parliament 17 September 2021.
  
• [Public Comments] Wikimedia Foundation's submission for the Australian consultation on a draft Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Determination, 11 November 2021.
  
• [Statement] Global Network Initiative Calls for Withdrawal of Draft Cybersecurity Law in Myanmar, January 2022.
  
• [Response] Wikimedia Foundation Response to U.S. Copyright Office, 27 May 2022.
  

Amicus briefs, law suits, etc

• [Amicus brief] Submitted to the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina in a right to be forgotten case (Denegri v. Google Inc) arguing that against the right to be forgotten, 27 July 2022.
  
• [Amicus brief] Submitted to the USA Supreme Court Brief urging High Court to Stop Texas Social Media Law, 17 May 2022 alongside Center for Democracy and Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and others.
  
• [Court petition] Petition the USA Supreme Court to hear challenge to National Security Agency’s mass surveillance of Americans, August 2022, alongside the American Civil Liberties Union and Knight Institute.