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Wikipedia's UK legal challenge fails, leaving volunteers exposed to danger (www.neowin.net)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/privacy@programming.dev

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The High Court of Justice in London has dismissed a legal challenge presented by the Wikimedia Foundation in regards to the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) Categorization Regulations. This decision by the court means that Wikipedia doesn’t have the immediate legal protections that it had hoped for.

The Wikimedia Foundation’s challenge targeted regulations that risk imposing the OSA’s most stringent obligation (Category 1 duties) on Wikipedia. This case was notable as it was the first legal challenge against the OSA’s Categorization Regulations; however, the dismissal is a significant setback for the foundation’s proactive legal strategy.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

I agree with the reply in the other post about this that suggested Wikipedia cut off UK access. It’s not worth the risk/trouble. The more sites that do this, the more likely they revisit the legislation causing all these problems.