Is there any
way we can opt-out of this for uk.wikimedia.org?
You would need server side access and even then you would run into
issues with wikimedia foundation policy of allowing access as widely
as possible.
This is, indeed, something to be determined at the foundation level.
They might be receptive - it's worth starting a discussion (perhaps on
foundation-l).
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