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Wikipedia sounds alarm over UK’s Online Safety Bill.
Wikimedia has said it won’t check the ages of its users even if required to under the bill’s tough new rules, leading to fears the site could be blocked in the UK.
The bill aims to protect children online by asking major sites to shield them from harmful content. But the Wikimedia Foundation says that conflicts with its commitment “to collect minimal data about readers and contributors.”
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