Sanger’s goal is to get the attention of big tech and affect some form of change — preferably granting people more control over their data
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger is mad as hell and not going to take social-media anymore — at least for two days.
“The power of social media has centralized, and we need to push back,” Sanger told MarketWatch in a phone interview late Tuesday. “This isn’t a strike against all of tech, but a few bad actors.” Also read: Silicon Valley congressman says, ‘It is embarrassing how technologically illiterate most members of Congress are’
Despite news coverage in the U.S., England, Brazil, Germany and elsewhere, only 1,300 have signed Sanger’s blog in support. No physical protest is planned. And Sanger is unaware of any Wikipedia page dedicated to the boycott, which falls on a holiday that is a popular for photo and video posts.
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