Is there backlash for this sort of thing? When they did their blackout thing some years back, a lot of people who were sympathetic to the cause were also highly annoyed at the disruption to their workflows, to the point that if it had gone on much longer it might have backfired on Wiki. I've seen similar affects with protesters blocking roads and such. I always wonder if it's just a small minority or if it happens more widespread

Sure, but letting the UK government block wikipedia makes things _much_ clearer for everyone.

It'll only bring more clicks to Google's AI summary. The people who care about Wikipedia itself probably already know about the government plans.

[citation needed] because that’s not how the OSA works.

The UK would only get away with such an arrest if the US would allow it, in which case Wikipedia is already fucked.

What does IIoC stand for?

The ways things are gong in the world they will need to bite that bullet sooner or later, and not just for the UK.

Nitpick: International law is treaties between countries, the UN, customs like diplomatic immunity, etc. Here it was just about US and French domestic law.

> and this was upheld by US courts.

No it wasn't. It was overturned on appeal. But Yahoo stopped selling Nazi memorabilia anyway.