Wikipedia may have to impose quota on number of UK users to comply with Online Safety Act

a year ago by TurboLag to c/technology

Digital encyclopaedia may impose quota on number of users to comply with Online Safety Act

Ilovethebomb 49 points a year ago

Just FYI, it's considered poor form to post a paywalled article with no way of bypassing it.

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PleaseLetMeOut 39 points a year ago

Archive.ph Link ;)

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Ilovethebomb 1 point a year ago

Hmm. It does sound like Wikipedia's concerns are unlikely to come to fruition.

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TurboLag 6 points a year ago

Sorry, I didn't realise it was paywalled. It didn't prompt me to pay when I opened it. It's not a source I usually use, but I couldn't find an alternative unless from much less reputable sites.

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PhobosAnomaly 4 points a year ago

I still buy the odd paper if I'm working away from home.

These paywalls or "pay for no tracking" wankers make it easy to decide what papers not to buy.

Not that it really matters a flying fuck when print membership is sinking faster than the Oceangate grain of sub. It's satisfying though.

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th3dogcow 2 points a year ago

Reader view on most browsers will bypass articles like this. It worked for me.

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scratchee 33 points a year ago

I’m not a fan of the laws regardless, but if we pretend for a second they’re justified, it’s worth considering how they should work in a case like Wikipedia. Wikipedia has quite strong protections against problem content already, and that’s because it has a shared global view of content with effective moderation tools and a wide moderator base that respects the rules. That reality should be taken into account in the governments new rules. On the other hand, anyone who understands how this all works was already against this stupid law, so I guess they didn’t get any useful feedback internally

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PushButton 17 points a year ago

If Wikipedia can't fully comply and has to resort to blocking, how a small one-man platform is supposed to do it?

Yeah, exactly, block all the UK and move on.

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TurboLag 2 points a year ago

I think the law would only apply above a certain number of monthly users, so small platforms are safe from it for now.

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Gradually_Adjusting 10 points a year ago