By Paul Sandle

LONDON (Reuters) -The operator of Wikipedia said on Friday it would not appeal its defeat last month in a legal challenge to Britain’s Online Safety Act, which sets tough new requirements for platforms and has been criticised for potentially curtailing free speech.

The U.S. government has criticised Britain’s new online law, along with a similar policy in the European Union, and President Donald Trump could bring it up in reference to his concerns around free speech during his state visit next week.

The Wikimedia Foundation took action at London’s High Court over regulations made under the law, which it said could impose the most stringent category of duties on the online encyclopaedia written and maintained by volunteers.

It said if it were subject to Category 1 duties

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