Wikipedia has lost its High Court challenge against the Online Safety Act – but what does that actually mean? The act introduced age-verification and tighter moderation requirements for what content internet users can find last month.

Wikipedia has lost a legal challenge to new Online Safety Act rules which it says could threaten the human rights and safety of its volunteer editors. The Wikimedia Foundation - the non-profit which supports the online encyclopaedia - wanted a judicial review of regulations which could mean Wikipedia has to verify the identities of its users.

The Wikimedia Foundation has lost its legal challenge against the Online Safety Act, but it may still be on the right track to resist new rules.