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Wikipedia Legally Challenges UK's 'Flawed' Online Safety Rules
Thursday May 8, 2025. 06:50 PM , from Slashdot
![]() Lead counsel Phil Bradley-Schmieg said it was 'unfortunate that we must now defend the privacy and safety of Wikipedia's volunteer editors from flawed legislation.' The government told the BBC it was committed to implementing the act but could not comment on ongoing legal proceedings. It's thought this is the first judicial review to be brought against the new online safety laws - albeit a narrow part of them - but experts say it may not be the last. 'The Online Safety Act is vast in scope and incredibly complex,' Ben Packer, a partner at law firm Linklaters, told the BBC. The law would inevitably have impacts on UK citizens' freedom of expression and other human rights, so as more of it comes into force 'we can expect that more challenges may be forthcoming,' he told the BBC. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/05/08/1627254/wikipedia-legally-challenges-uks-flawed-online-safe...
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