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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Wikipedia challenging UK law it says exposes it to ‘manipulation and vandalism’

A person using Wikipedia on a phone.
The Wikimedia Foundation says that if the toughest requirements were imposed on it, the safety and privacy of Wikipedia’s volunteer editors would be undermined. Photograph: Sascha Steinbach/EPA

The charity that hosts Wikipedia is challenging the UK’s online safety legislation in the high court, saying some of its regulations would expose the site to “manipulation and vandalism”.

In what could be the first judicial review related to the Online Safety Act, Wikimedia Foundation claims it is at risk of being subjected to the act’s toughest category 1 duties, which impose additional requirements on the biggest sites and apps.

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