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  • The B07nd's Name. James Name
  • Account created Oct 2023
  • Will attempt to use British spelling whenever possible
  • Has preferences on which articles to edit
  • May attempt to 'correct' American spelling by accident due to lack of realisation (e.g. words that have a 'c' for the noun and an 's' for the verb in British English may only have an 's' in American English)
  • Can probably do B level German. Probably.
  • Has minor knowledge of some other languages: half related, can tell the difference between CJK languages.
  • God save the Queen (required information as a Briton)

Online Safety Bill

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  • Will be here so long as the Online Safety Bill isn't in force: caveat, the bill has been given royal assent via Norman French[1][the link keeps coming and it won't stop coming][also published in the Independent][2], and Wikipedia may well be blocked in the UK in the future[3], so... guess we will have to wait until the first part of the law comes into force, planned to be in December 2024. This means, of course, at the very earliest, July 2025.
  • Have you ever seen a House of Lords document? This one has a list going from a to z3, for goodness' sake.
  • Most recent draft of the Bill, as enacted by The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament Assembled and The Right Honourable the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament Assembled. There's a reason they call us fancy, eh?
  • The contents are 12 pages long, there's 17 schedules and an index of terms for God's sake — this document will single-handedly keep all of Britain's lawyers employed.
Summary: This user may not be here for long; they live in the UK.
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References

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  1. ^ "King prorogues Parliament for the first time in more than seven decades". Yahoo! News.
  2. ^ "The Verge news article on the Online Safety Bill". The Verge, an American news firm operated by Vox.
  3. ^ "BBC article on Wikipedia's stance on the Online Safety Bill". BBC.