Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“It would be nice if Wikipedia were suing to challenge the United Kingdom’s entire Online Safety Act, not just the provision that most directly targets Wikipedia. Better something than nothing, however. As Wikipedia describes it, the Act ‘creates a new duty of care for online platforms, requiring them to take action against illegal content, or legal content that could be ‘harmful’ to children where children are likely to access it. Platforms failing this duty would be liable to fines of up to £18 million or 10% of their annual turnover, whichever is higher.’ The Wikipedia Foundation objects to being classified as a category 1 service under the Act, a designation that imposes digital ID requirements on its contributors.” (08/07/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/08/07/uk-targets-wikipedia/