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neilalexanderyesterday at 4:18 PM1 replyview on HN

In other words, "stay where you are for now, we promise to extend the legislation to cover you in the future".


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benj111yesterday at 4:49 PM

Did you actually read the article. Ofcom used a "novel reading of the law" to exempt Wikipedia.

The law it seems already covers Wikipedia. Ofcom are choosing not to enforce. I interpret the watchlist comments as ofcom setting up a defensible position for themselves.

Yes the law is probably wrong to include Wikipedia, but the enforcers of the law seem to have common sense. Which overall seems to be a win.

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