No, I think they should ignore it and let the British government do what they will. Again, they are not bound by UK legislation. Similarly they don’t block Chinese IPs because of censorship laws over there.
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themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days agoI agree they should block all UK ip addresses and issue a disclaimer that this is due to the online safety act. Not being able to access the Wikipedia will make the citizens petition the government to repeal the act.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 2 days ago
Agreed. I get that the mission of Wikipedia is to make information available to everyone and purposely cutting off a whole nation from their information goes against their mission. But sometimes Wikipedia should play hardball, and if the UK elected a government that wants to block Wikipedia then the people of the UK shouldn’t get Wikipedia. The people of the UK will need to elect a new government. Or get a VPN. Or both.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I think if they complied that would also go against their mission, because they cannot make information freely available to everyone anymore.