Jimmy Wales: Online Safety Bill doesn't make sense

John Leonard
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Jimmy Wales: Online Safety Bill doesn't make sense
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Jimmy Wales: Online Safety Bill doesn't make sense

Government's blind pursuit of big tech endangers the free access web, say Wikimedia executives Jimmy Wales and Fransizka Putz

Executives at the Wikimedia Foundation took aim at the Online Safety Bill this week, claiming that sites like Wikipedia and small tech platforms are in danger of becoming collateral damage in the g...

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