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The Wikimedia Foundation believes that all people everywhere should be afforded equal access to information. It supports [[:en:Network neutrality|network neutrality]] and the [[:en:Free culture movement|free culture movement]]. It believes in the need to conquer the [[:en:Digital divide|digital divide]], which results in the economic or cultural marginalization of individuals with limited access to technology. It respects the rights of human beings to basic [[:en:Privacy|privacy]] and dignity. The Wikimedia Foundation also believes that the [[:en:Environmentalism|environment]] is important; it strives for [[:en:Sustainable business|sustainable business]] practices.
The Foundation holds that [[:en:Censorship|censorship]] is incompatible with its mission. In recent months, it has reaffirmed its opposition to censorship several times. Most recently, in November 2011, the Wikimedia Foundation took part in [http://americancensorship.org/ American Censorship Day], a protest against [[:en:Stop Online Piracy Act|the United States House of Representative Bill 3261]]. You can read the blog post about it by [[Head of Communications]] [[User:JayWalsh|Jay Walsh]] [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/11/15/wikimedia-supports-american-censorship-day/ here]. In May 2011, when the [[Board of Trustees]] passed its [[Resolution:Controversial_content|resolution on dealing with controversial content]], it affirmed that "Wikimedia projects are not censored." Curating knowledge for an international community of all ages will certainly mean the display of materials that some may find offensive or upsetting.
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