Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules
Chris VallanceSenior technology reporterWikipedia has lost a legal challenge to new Online Safety Act rules which it says could threaten the human rights and safety of its volunteer editors.The Wikimedia Foundation - the non-profit which supports the online encyclopaedia - wanted a judicial review of regulations which could mean Wikipedia has to verify the identities of its users.But it said despite the loss, the judgement "emphasized the responsibility of Ofcom and the UK government to ensure W...
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