UK Court Rejects Wikipedia's Challenge to Online Safety Act

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2025-08-11

MOSCOW, August 11 (RIA Novosti) - London's High Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit filed by the Wikimedia Foundation, the US-registered owner of Wikipedia, against the Online Safety Act, which requires users to verify their identity and age to access adult content. In its lawsuit, the charity invoked the Human Rights Act 1998, arguing that compliance with the Online Safety Act would force Wikipedia editors to identity themselves or restrict acces......

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