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- Wales' response to this trend is to start a non-profit alternative to Facebook. In October, he launched WT Social, a site that contains no advertisements and vows not to sell user data. In its first month, WT Social attracted 200,000 users, the company claims.
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Mar 7, 2012 · Wikipedia’s co-founder Jimmy Wales says that the online encyclopedia is “very unlikely” to integrate Facebook’s Like button or other ways of sharing on the social network, despite it...
In September 2021, Wales said that Facebook and Twitter should combat misinformation and abuse on their platforms by deploying volunteer moderators to monitor controversial posts. In October 2021, Wales said that "Protecting strong encryption is essential for protecting the human rights of millions of people around the world."
