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On the other hand, The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argues the Act fails child protection while threatening privacy and restricting free expression—recent weeks have seen VPN downloads spike in response to the law, with public petitions against it amassing hundreds of thousands of signatures <ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |title=No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/no-uks-online-safety-act-doesnt-make-children-safer-online |journal=eff.org}}</ref> | On the other hand, The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argues the Act fails child protection while threatening privacy and restricting free expression—recent weeks have seen VPN downloads spike in response to the law, with public petitions against it amassing hundreds of thousands of signatures <ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |title=No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/no-uks-online-safety-act-doesnt-make-children-safer-online |journal=eff.org}}</ref> | ||
Lastly, The Wikimedia Foundation (operator of Wikipedia) challenged aspects of the Online Safety Act in UK courts <ref>{{Cite web |title=Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations |url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/08/11/wikimedia-foundation-challenges-uk-online-safety-act-regulations/}}</ref>, warning that it forces platforms to violate their own privacy commitments and risks eroding internet freedom. Although their recent challenge failed <ref>{{Cite news |title=Wikipedia loses challenge to UK Online Safety Act |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/wikipedia-loses-challenge-to-uk-online-safety-act/}}</ref>, it highlights deep dissent among global online communities, . | Lastly, The [[Wikimedia Foundation]] (operator of Wikipedia) challenged aspects of the Online Safety Act in UK courts <ref>{{Cite web |title=Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations |url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/08/11/wikimedia-foundation-challenges-uk-online-safety-act-regulations/}}</ref>, warning that it forces platforms to violate their own privacy commitments and risks eroding internet freedom. Although their recent challenge failed <ref>{{Cite news |last=Clifton |first=Mizy |date=August 11, 2025 |title=Wikipedia loses challenge to UK Online Safety Act |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/wikipedia-loses-challenge-to-uk-online-safety-act/ |work=Politico}}</ref>, it highlights deep dissent among global online communities, . | ||
===<u>Prominent Articles and Reports</u>=== | ===<u>Prominent Articles and Reports</u>=== | ||