The chairman of Wikipedia’s U.K. fund-raising arm was banned from the service “for numerous violations of Wikipedia’s norms and policies,” after reports linked him to kinky bondage pornography and ...

Wikipedia's parent organization lost a challenge to the UK Online Safety Act but can bring another case if the government tries to force it to verify the identity of Wikipedia users. The High Court of ...

‘It is essential that new laws do not endanger charities and public interest projects,’ Wikimedia Foundation says. Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit behind the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, is ...

The United Kingdom’s controversial social media law just made another big global splash, when Wikipedia — the beloved backbone of the open, old-school internet — lost a challenge in the country’s High ...

Last month, the UK rolled out new age verification measures under the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA), a new bill intended to protect the most vulnerable in the country from the worst of the internet.

Online Safety Act requirements could make it harder for Wikipedia volunteers to moderate content. Online Safety Act requirements could make it harder for Wikipedia volunteers to moderate content. is ...

This past week, Wikipedia was rocked by revelations that high-level editors and the chair trustee of Wikimedia UK were providing personal clients with special favors and increased exposure on the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is doing its annual fundraising drive where it beseeches all visitors to Wikipedia to make small monetary donations as it runs zero adverts, surviving primarily on ...

The billionaire - who has accused founder Jimmy Wales of showing its 'non-trivial left-wing bias' in the past - was responding to Wikipedia's donation appeal for the year. 'I will give them a billion ...

WIKIPEDIA users have noticed a new pop-up when using the website. It asks readers to donate money to keep the site going. But why is one of the biggest websites in the world asking for donations?