4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC(bbc.co.uk)

310 points by donpott 1 year ago | 328 comments

TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption, saying it makes users less safe(bbc.com)

388 points by 1659447091 7 months ago | 371 comments

BBC News article reporting that TikTok will not add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, arguing it would put users at risk.

BBC Gaza documentary serious breach of rules(bbc.com)

11 points by nsoonhui 1 year ago | 1 comments

Meta told to pay $375M for misleading users over child safety(bbc.com)

391 points by testrun 7 months ago | 205 comments

BBC News article reporting that Meta has been ordered to pay $375m for misleading users about child safety on its platforms.

4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches(bbc.com)

428 points by mosura 7 months ago | 794 comments

BBC News article reporting that 4Chan mocked a £520,000 fine from UK regulator Ofcom for breaching online safety rules.

Social media bans and digital curfews to be trialled on UK teenagers(bbc.com)

18 points by 1659447091 7 months ago | 35 comments

Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks(theverge.com)

534 points by leotravis10 1 year ago | 396 comments

A Verge feature on how Wikipedia has endured attacks and remained resilient through its neutrality policies and history, with Jimmy Wales.

Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations(wikimediafoundation.org)

614 points by danso 1 year ago | 203 comments

Wikimedia Foundation news post from 11 August 2025 about its legal challenge to UK Online Safety Act regulations.

Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations(wikimediafoundation.org)

319 points by Nurw 1 year ago | 155 comments

Wikimedia Foundation news post announcing its legal challenge to UK Online Safety Act regulations, dated 17 July 2025.

Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links(arstechnica.com)

565 points by nobody9999 8 months ago | 341 comments

Ars Technica article reporting that Wikipedia has blacklisted Archive.today and is removing about 695,000 archive links after DDoS and snapshot-tampering allegations.

Big tech's anti-labor playbook has come for Wikipedia(medium.com)

465 points by cdrnsf 5 months ago | 275 comments

Medium essay by Jake Orlowitz arguing Wikipedia/Wikimedia has adopted big tech's anti-labor practices; the capture shows only a Cloudflare verification page.

TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption, saying it makes users less safe(bbc.com)

388 points by 1659447091 7 months ago | 371 comments

BBC News article reporting that TikTok will not add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, arguing it would put users at risk.