Wikipedia Test
Idea: Make a card game (akin to Apples to Apples) showing policymakers some of the very real consequences: from censorship to government surveillance, that can arise from passing, even well-intentioned legislation. Working closely with the Global Advocacy team, we were tasked with developing the Wikipedia Test, a simple checklist for policymakers to use to create better-informed legislation that won’t cause harm to the best places on the internet. Whatever we made was to debut at SXSW and RightsCon 2025 in Taipei, a global human rights conference.
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Wikipedia Test:
Part II
The Sequel: Unofficially known as the Wikipedia Test II, we were asked to develop an all-digital rubric for Global Advocacy’s Medium to educate a greater number of policymakers. Inspired by the aesthetic of reviewing documents, we animated seven thought-provoking questions with the aim of preventing new laws from making it easier or harder for people to read, contribute to, and/or trust free knowledge projects like Wikipedia.
Notes:Working with the legal department to simplify legal paragraphs into a few key phrases (not even sentences) required lots of collaboration and patience from both parties.
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