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Wikimedia Boosts Lobbying, Bills Google, Meta for Articles

8/4/2026

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Wikimedia is raising its lobbying budget and charging Google and Meta for its 65 million articles while throttling scrapers.
The step follows attacks from the MAGA right, including Elon Musk’s bias accusations, and growing AI mining and government detentions of volunteer editors.
Wikimedia expanded its human-rights team and appointed former U.S. ambassador to Chile Bernadette Meehan as chief executive in January.

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Wikimedia is raising its lobbying budget and charging Google and Meta for its 65 million articles while throttling scrapers.
The step follows attacks from the MAGA right, including Elon Musk’s bias accusations, and growing AI mining and government detentions of volunteer editors.
Wikimedia expanded its human-rights team and appointed former U.S. ambassador to Chile Bernadette Meehan as chief executive in January.