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Wikipedia May Have To Impose Identity Verification On Readers

Wikipedia May Have To Impose Identity Verification On Readers

2025-08-12  Per Henrikson

Certain organizations are to be rated as Category 1, assessed on criteria such as the ability to forward or share content and number of users. And these are subject to greater requirements, including user verification, swift removal of harmful content and age verification. Most of the Category 1 platforms are those you might expect—Facebook, X and YouTube, for example. But Wikipedia is concerned that the criteria to be used could put it into the same category.


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