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Wikipedia set to challenge UK Online Safety Act; anonymous editor is joint claimant

By Patricia Figueiredo ( July 16, 2025, 11:29 GMT | Insight) -- Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that hosts online encyclopedia Wikipedia, will be joined by an anonymous volunteer editor in its legal challenge to the UK Online Safety Act’s categorization rules, with the High Court setting a hearing for July 22 and 23. The editor will help argue the act's impact on privacy and anonymous contributions. Wikipedia argues that being classified as a Category 1 service would wrongly place it alongside commercial platforms and subject it to strict duties on user verification.Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit that hosts online encyclopedia service Wikipedia, will be accompanied by an anonymous volunteer editor as a joint claimant in its landmark challenge to the lawfulness of the UK's Online Safety Act....

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