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Is Wikipedia actually Category 1? Seems to require an algorithmic feed to be Category 1 - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348267174 https://www.l
by ChrisKnott 1y ago
Is Wikipedia actually Category 1?
Seems to require an algorithmic feed to be Category 1 - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348267174 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348267174
- codedokode 1y agoHow is "algorithmic feed" related to safety? Or is it, along with seemingly arbitrary numbers like 7 or 34 millions, a way to target a specific platform for those who are afraid to spell the name explicitly?
- ChrisKnott 1y agoOne of the main motivations for this law was pro-suicide and pro-anorexia content being pushed to teenage girls. In particular Molly Russell's death received a lot of press coverage and public outrage at tech companies. The coroner's report basically said Instagram killed her. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Molly_Russell https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Molly_Russell Of course if you get your news from HN then the motivation is actually something to do with limiting discussion of immigration or being dystopian just because. But yes, if they could just name Instagram and TikTok they probably would.
- philipwhiuk 1y agoIs search results 'an algorithmic feed'.
- ChrisKnott 1y agoThe phrase they actually use is "content recommender system". The definition is in the link; you could maybe see some search features falling into it but I don't see how Wikipedia as it exists now is Category 1.
- aaronmdjones 1y agoTheir homepage certainly is.
- ChrisKnott 1y agoThe homepage is manually edited isn't it?
- aaronmdjones 1y agoThere have been no edits for the last 6 days; then 18 days prior to that. I don't think so.
- Kim_Bruning 1y agoYou're correct that the wikicode on the main page only gets touched rarely. It is mostly transcluding templates, which do get altered more regularly!