Wikipedia escapes Category 1 designation under the UK Online Safety Act for now

Post by fsckboy » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 12:28 AM UTC

wildzzz wrote: post #17

Chu4eeno wrote: post #7

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Considering wikimedia hosts what most people would consider porn (randomly came across a video of a couple going at it once) without any ability to filter it from the rest of the content/hide by default, it's not that surprising they are covered, I'm more surprised ofcom relented.

Just because there's a video of sexual acts doesn't mean Wikimedia exists for the prurient interest. It's not like Wikimedia is hosting a clip from "Backdoor Sluts 5", it's really just video of sex in the academic sense. Does a young child need to watch it? No, but I also don't think it should it should be censored. A teenager below the age of majority may benefit from seeing what sex actually is. So often a teenager…

Post by Joker_vD » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 12:48 AM UTC

arjie wrote: post #34

joe_mamba wrote: post #29

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Probably because the US was founded by the immigrants who fled because they hated the way the system worked in their original countries, and designed a system that's diametral opposed to that, for better and for worse.

Right, that's what I'd lean to as well. But was the reason they left the legal tradition? In this telling of the story, they were fully aware of the legal tradition being the reason for their unhappiness. But is it true? I know the original immigrants/colonists were looking for a specific kind of religious freedom they couldn't have, but you must be speaking of the later waves (which are the majority of people). I re…

    Christmas observance was outlawed in Boston in 1659, with a fine of five shillings. The ban
    by the Puritans was revoked in 1681 by an English appointed governor, Edmund Andros; however,
    it was not until the mid-19th century that celebrating Christmas became fashionable in the
    Boston region. Before the Declaration of Independence in 1776, it was not widely celebrated
    in the American Colonies.

Post by sharperguy » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC

cineticdaffodil wrote: post #43

You know why all who grew up under the soviet regime in the eastern block are totally alergic to englands direction nowadaways.

Post by Dylan16807 » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 5:43 AM UTC

arjie wrote: post #77

gcanyon wrote: post #76

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> If the letter of the law doesn't enforce the spirit of the law, it was poorly written or it's out of date and needs to be amended. I think if you rewrite that to, “If the letter of the law is demonstrably out of sync with the public sense of the spirit of the law, then it should be amended,” I’m with you. But I think that’s not what you meant? If you meant “the letter of the law should define prescribed and proscri…

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Post by sunaookami » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 7:37 AM UTC

incompatible wrote: post #79

Cider9986 wrote: post #49

Identity verification should be illegal by default and companies that want to do it should have to prove it's absolutely necessary for their business.

The Wikipedia page implies that all the designated "Category 1" websites will now either have to collect ID from their users worldwide, or remove any presence in the UK. Edit: there's a list of the Category 1 services at https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-c... I.e., Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Quora, Reddit, Roblox, Snapchat, TikTok, Whatsapp, X, YouTube. Plus others at the Category 2A or…