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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Danny Halpin

Wikipedia loses High Court challenge against UK Government

A person looking at Wikipedia on their phone (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

Wikipedia has lost a High Court challenge against the UK Government over verification requirements in the Online Safety Act.

The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), along with an anonymous editor known as BLN, wanted the website to be exempt from certain regulations that came into force earlier this year.

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