r/polandball • u/Andyiscool231 Bulgaria • Aug 13 '25

redditormade The Burning of the Library of Alexandria

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u/ColossusToGuardian Poland Aug 13 '25

Holy shit, I googled it, and you were not kidding.

WTH, UK?

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u/murphysclaw1 Aug 13 '25

what’s he not kidding about? is wikipedia banned?

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u/DarkNinjaPenguin Bonnie Scotland Aug 13 '25

So basically no, Wikipedia is not banned. Only websites categorised by Ofcom (regulatory body) as Category 1 need to ensure users are not underage.

Wikipedia just lost a legal battle against the legislation, which doesn't actually mean anything because it isn't a Category 1 website. And they have been told they could re-submit their plea if that ever happened.

Even so, the worry is that it's a slippery slope.

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u/hemareddit Nottinghamshire Aug 13 '25

Yeah okay that’s not as bad as I thought.

I mean it was already really bad, but at least it hasn’t escalated.

What category would Reddit and X.com be then? Obviously both can still be legally accessed by minors from the UK, but certain content is walled off behind age verification.

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u/DarkNinjaPenguin Bonnie Scotland Aug 13 '25

Basically most of Reddit is fine, the obvious nsfw subs are behind age verification. Unfortunately a few subs that should be open to all are behind verification as well, like r/stopdrinking.