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Join the social media strike. Sign the Declaration of Digital Independence

04/07/2019

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Big Tech’s centralisation and control of social media and stores of our personal data is a threat to our freedom. Post-Gutenberg.com is joining the social media strike set for today and tomorrow.

Here’s a link to the BBC story about it: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48825410

Please consider signing the Declaration of Digital Independence, and act now if you agree with it: https://larrysanger.org/2019/06/declaration-of-digital-independence/

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