US EditionWikipedia legally challenges 'flawed' online safety rules
- The Wikimedia Foundation is suing the UK government in 2025 to challenge the Online Safety Act's Categorisation Regulations that affect Wikipedia.
- The challenge follows years of dialogue and warnings from UK regulators, Parliament, and civil society, but issues with vague definitions and unaccepted solutions remain.
- The Foundation argues that classifying Wikipedia as a Category 1 service would force identity verification on volunteer editors, risking privacy, site safety, and damaging the volunteer model.
- Lead counsel Phil Bradley-Schmieg described it as regrettable that they are compelled to protect the confidentiality and security of Wikipedia’s volunteer contributors against problematic legislation, while legal expert Ben Packer cautioned that the law is extensive in its reach and highly complicated.
- This legal challenge may set a precedent for future reviews of the Online Safety Act and highlights tensions between protecting users and preserving online collaborative platforms.
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