Wikipedia will not perform Online Safety Bill age checks

TL;DR

A senior figure in Wikimedia UK fears the site could be blocked as a result. Neil Brown, a solicitor specialising in internet and telecoms law, says that under the bill, services likely to be accessed by children must have "proportionate systems and processes" designed to prevent them from encountering harmful content. A government spokesperson told the BBC the bill had been "designed to strike the balance between tackling harm without imposing unnecessary burdens on low-risk tech companies"

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