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Tuesday, 28 October 2025

Online Safety Act: Wikipedia will not comply, says co-founder Jimmy Wales

 Jimmy Wales is a co-founder of Wikipedia. Speaking of Ofcom’s determination to implement the UK’s Online Safety Act, Wales said:

“We’re in talks with Ofcom, but we will not be identifying users under any circumstances. We will not be age-gating Wikipedia under any circumstances. So, if it comes to that, it’s going to be an interesting showdown, because we’re going to just refuse to do it. Politically, what are they going to do? They could block Wikipedia. Good luck with that.

“We didn’t cave into the Turkish government; we didn’t cave into the Chinese government. We have users we know of who are editing in Iran. We have users who are editing in Russia. Their personal safety depends on their privacy. And we think it’s a human rights issue that we’re not going to identify those people.”...<<<Read More>>>....