Dear all
After a significant amount of back and forth between Lucy, the journalist
and the Wikimedia Foundation this week, the BBC has now published an
article about the Online Safety Bill and Wikipedia:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65388255
Formal transcript from the debate is here
<https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2023-04-25/debates/8A42D322-903C-485F-907E-11FDF4EDCB08/OnlineSafetyBill>
with
discussion of Wikipedia started just after 5:30pm.
Lucy is strategising with the Wikimedia Foundation about next steps, and
priorities for the Report Stage (which is where amendments that have made
it to that point will be voted on).
All best
Katie
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