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> And it could even be modified to exclude Wikipedia specifically; That's certainly a potential workaround. But carve outs often mean that similar communities
by Kim_Bruning 1y ago
> And it could even be modified to exclude Wikipedia specifically;
That's certainly a potential workaround. But carve outs often mean that similar communities become hard to create!
- exasperaited 1y agoI don't doubt that. But again, it is secondary legislation. It's highly amenable to ministerial and parliamentary scrutiny, and it will be amended.
- vidarh 1y agoThat is exactly the problem. It's unpredictable, and in the hand of a government with a serious authoritarian and pro-censorship attitude.
- Kim_Bruning 1y agoI get the feeling that that's why Wikimedia UK is taking this particular course.
- varispeed 1y agoAlso creates system for brown envelopes, so only well connected to the establishment could get an exemption.