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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales blasts UK Internet snooping
Jimmy Wales, the Wikipedia founder, has sharply criticised the government’s so-called “snooper’s charter”, which will track the internet, text and email use of all British citizens, as “technologically incompetent”. Wales said that Wikipedia would move to encrypt all its connections with Britain if UK internet companies, such as Vodafone and…
Wikipedia’s founder calls for halt to Richard O’Dwyer extradition to U.S.
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has made a rare political intervention to call on Theresa May to stop the extradition of British student Richard O’Dwyer to the US for alleged copyright offences. Launching an online campaign, Wales said O’Dwyer, 24, was the “human face” of a global battle over the interests…
Wikipedia founder slams SOPA/PIPA: ‘Not the right bill’
Jimmy Wales, founder of the user-generated encyclopedia Wikipedia, said on CNN last night that he commends efforts to stop online piracy, but cautioned that the measures in the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) simply go too far. “I’m a big believer that we…
Wikipedia to blackout in protest of anti-piracy bills
The world’s largest encyclopedia will go dark on Wednesday in a dramatic protest against two anti-piracy bills being considered by the U.S. Congress, Wikipedia announced on Monday. Concerned that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sister in the Senate, the Protect IP Act, might deal severe damage to…
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