Molly White

I feel it is important for the public to understand Wikipedia—foremost how it works, but also the challenges we face as a project, particularly when it comes to diversity of editors and content. I also sometimes speak about technology, diversity, and online harassment, both in and outside of the context of Wikipedia.

Press and other mentions

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"The Tensions Behind Wikipedia’s New Code of Conduct".
Stephen Harrison in Slate. March 3, 2021.
harassment, wikipedia
"Twitter's 'Birdwatch' Aims to Crowdsource Fight Against Misinformation" (Radio show).
Shannon Bond on Morning Edition. NPR. February 10, 2021.
disinformation, harassment, technology, twitter
"When the Capitol Was Attacked, Wikipedia Went to Work".
Grace Gedye in Washington Monthly. February 4, 2021.
breaking news, wikipedia
"Wikipedia At 20: The Promises And Pitfalls Of The 'Free Encyclopedia'" (Radio show).
Carmen Baskauf and Lucy Nalpathanchil on Where We Live. WNPR. January 28, 2021.
disinformation, gender gap, wikipedia
"Twitter wants your help fighting falsehoods. It’s risky, but it might just work".
Alex Pasternack in FastCompany. January 28, 2021.
technology, twitter
"Celebrating 20 years of Wikipedia".
World Wide Web Foundation. January 18, 2021.
breaking news, wikipedia
"On its 20th birthday, Wikipedia might be the safest place online".
Heather Kelly in The Washington Post. January 15, 2021.
breaking news, disinformation, wikipedia
"As a mob attacked the Capitol, a crowd built Wikipedia".
Alex Pasternack in FastCompany. January 14, 2021.
breaking news, wikipedia
"The world relies on Wikipedia. Wikipedia relies on you."
Pats Pena for The Wikimedia Foundation. November 30, 2020.
disinformation, wikipedia
"How Wikipedia is preparing for Election Day".
Sara Morrison in Recode. Vox. November 2, 2020.
breaking news, disinformation, harassment, wikipedia
"Why Did It Take So Long for the Democratic Senate Candidate in Iowa to Get a Wikipedia Page?"
Stephen Harrison in Slate. October 27, 2020.
gender gap, wikipedia
"Wikipedia's Plan to Resist Election Day Misinformation".
Noam Cohen in Wired. October 26, 2020.
breaking news, disinformation, wikipedia
"Wikipedia is a world built by and for men. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight is changing that."
Rachael Allen in The Lily. The Washington Post. April 11, 2020.
gender gap, wikipedia
"How Wikipedia’s volunteers became the web’s best weapon against misinformation".
Alex Pasternack in FastCompany. March 7, 2020.
disinformation, technology, twitter, wikipedia
"The Culture War Has Finally Come For Wikipedia".
Joseph Bernstein in BuzzFeed News. June 27, 2019.
arbitration, wikipedia
"Why Wikipedia's 'Nuclear Option' Is the Right Call".
Stephen Harrison in Slate. December 17, 2018.
technology, wikipedia
"Identifying Women's Experiences With and Strategies for Mitigating Negative Effects of Online Harassment".
Jessica Vitak, Kalyani Chadha, Linda Steiner, and Zahra Ashktorab in CSCW '17: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Association for Computing Machinery. February 2017.
harassment, twitter
"Privacy and Harassment on the Internet" (Talk).
Katherine Maher at MozFest 2016. Mozilla. October 29, 2016.
harassment, wikipedia
"Wikipedia's Hostility to Women".
Emma Paling in The Atlantic. October 21, 2015.
arbitration, harassment, wikipedia