Wikipedia could be forced to shut down in the United Kingdom (UK) due to the regulatory burdens placed on it by a new bill cracking down on illegal and harmful content online, the government has been warned, PA Media reported.

There are concerns that the Online Safety Bill, which imposes new legal requirements on tech companies, could prove too difficult to meet for certain public interest organizations.

There are also fears that it could lead to “age-gating”—requiring age verification and blocking children’s access—although Wikipedia has said it will not do this.

The UK parliament suggested adding a regulatory exemption for sites which are considered low risk for harm and provide a public good.

Lord Allan of Hallam, who was Facebook’s director of policy in Europe for 10 years, argued that sites should be exempt from the scope of the Bill if they are for the purpose of public information, present minimal risk of harm, are non-commercial and have limited user-user functions.