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The Weaponization of Wikipedia

The egregious vandalism and misuse of my biography page by Wikipedia agenda editors continues.

I understand that cases like this matter little except to those who are libeled. However, I would argue that they are important to the extent they represent what's going on across the increasingly-troubled Wikipedia platform.

Wikipedia has been "weaponized."

Anonymous political and special interests control pages on behalf of paid clients. Devoted ideologues use their authority on Wikipedia to censor and controversialize ideas with which they disagree. There are attacks, libel, biases, false information and censorship.

In my instance, the Wikipedia editors have violated multiple Wikipedia policies over the years governing matters such as neutrality, libel and attribution.

And there's nothing anybody can do about it.

The well-meaning Wikipedia editors-- and there are many-- are simply outwitted and overpowered by the bad guys.

As I have reported and discussed these matters publicly, anonymous Wikipedia agenda editors controlling my biographical page have mounted a campaign to attack me beyond my Wikipedia page.

"To put it bluntly, this is unacceptable behavior," wrote a Wikipedia agenda editor in discussing my public objections to the false information and slander on my Wikipedia biographical page. "...some action needs to be taken." (Toa Nidhiki05 01:52, 9 June 2019 (UTC))

Wikipedia editors have long been known to track down, troll and attack those who criticize them.

As I reported in my Full Measure investigation, some Wikipedia editors have even gotten together and tracked down personal details about someone they don't like, figuring out where they travel, what they do in their spare time, and where they work-- even calling their boss on the phone to try to get them in trouble. No kidding.

Not long after the "something must be done" threat against me by the Wikipedia editor, additional false and biased information was edited onto my Wikipedia biographical page, an attack blog was published against me, and Wikipedia interests came after me on Twitter.

The Twitter attackers included a Wikipedia editor @wikigamaliel who calls himself "Gamaliel@ALA" on Twitter.

@Wikigamaliel proceeded to state that he knows "how I feel" and "what I think" about certain topics based on my Twitter followers, whom he called "nutty." (He received a "like" from @Wikimedia UK regarding his "nutty" comment about my followers. These are Wikipedia's supposedly neutral arbiters of information.)

When some Twitter users then flagged extensive hate, profanity and bias in @Wikigamaliel's recent Tweets on many subjects, he deleted some of the Tweets and blocked the users.

But he's still editing away on my Wikipedia biographical page and, presumably, many others.

The Talk Pages

Wikipedia's "talk" pages are arcane, to be sure, but they can provide a window into the bias, twisted justifications, and mangled logic used by Wikipedia agenda editors to make sure false and biased information stays on a page... and fair, truthful information is censored.

This is where matters of controversy are supposedly arbitrated and settled. Instead, it's the place where the agenda editors band together and play games to beat back attempts to change their will.

Read Wikipedia's Sharyl Attkisson "Talk" page

For example, when I politely inquired on the "talk" page as to why someone had deleted my most recent Emmy nominations and awards, it launched a tortuous month long debate among the Wikipedia agenda editors and some well-meaning editors.

In the end, the discussion ended with: paralysis. The Wikipedia editors decided there was so much disagreement over this simple, easily-resolved point, that nothing should be changed. Of course, that was the goal all along of the agenda editors. They made sure there was a protracted discussion and no "consensus." Without "consensus," the edit will not be permitted.

(As an aside, the reason the awards I asked about were deleted is because they fight the Wikipedia agenda editors' attempts to falsely portray me and my reporting as "conservative"; the awards included a daytime Emmy award and a news Emmy award for my undercover investigation into Republican fundraising.)

There are other awards and citations the Wikipedia agenda editors will not allow because the awards and citations disprove the false narrative that I am "anti-vaccine" or unscientific in my reporting.

The Absurd

And then there's simply the absurd.

One lengthy discussion about me on Wikipedia's talk page (attached to my biography) actually involved why it was supposedly okay to attribute a direct quote to me, though I had never said it.

After all, said the Wikipedia agenda editors, Snopes reported I said it, so even though I didn't say it, it is okay to claim that I said it.

"It's all the same," claimed Wikipedia's agenda editors.

Another absurd discussion among the Wikipedia editors controlling my biographical page talked about how they could tell how "I feel" based on items I retweet.

Yet I'm pretty sure the Wikipedia agenda editors realize that people often retweet items with which they disagree or on which they have formed no particular opinion. In fact, I often retweet items that are contrary to one another, so it's difficult to understand how a sincere Wikipedia editor could claim to glean my "feelings" because of them. My twitter profile even explicitly states that retweets do not imply agreement.

Watch "The Dark Side of Wikipedia," a Full Measure investigation

And when I politely pointed out to Wikipedia editors an item of low hanging fruit that needed correcting-- the false birth place they had listed for me-- it unleashed a torrent of attacks and speculation by the uniformed Wikipedia editors such as "Why would she deny where she was born?"

Clearly I'm up to something nefarious.

In other words, Wikipedia editors will unskeptically rely on false, published information from strangers for no other reason than-- well, it's published-- but then express unabashed suspicion of the source herself providing facts and offering documentary proof.

As Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger noted after separating himself from his original creation: Wikipedia is "broken beyond repair."

Today's status quo is a system whereby Wikipedia editors can make every kind of false claim and libelous accusation about someone they've never met, but go on the attack when the false information and bias are exposed.

What do you think? Leave your comments on this page.

Read the "Sharyl Attkisson Talk page" on Wikipedia by clicking the link below. Warning: you're entering a world where reason and logic are turned on its head.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sharyl_Attkisson

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ICYMI: The most important vaccine-autism report this year

This Sunday on Full Measure, we will be running a replay of what I think is the most important vaccine-autism report this year.

It tells how the government's own pro-vaccine medical expert, a world-renowned pediatric neurologist, concluded -- based on scientific studies and other scientific information -- that vaccines can cause autism, after all, in "exceptional" cases.

The physician, Dr. Andrew Zimmerman, goes on to say that the government went on to misrepresent his opinion in vaccine court and cover up what he had told them.

The story is so important that it triggered a wave of vaccine industry propaganda. There was an organized effort to falsely claim that the Dr. Zimmerman is somehow "anti-vaccine" or, perhaps, no longer of sound mind.

Other false claims included that Dr. Zimmerman's opinions have been misunderstood or mischaracterized. Fortunately, you can read his full affidavit and published studies for yourself. Click here.

The propaganda campaign has included social media attacks and false information being posted on my Wikipedia biography to try to discredit the story or convince people not to consider the information. The false information includes the claim that I or my reporting are "anti-vaccine."

As I have written in The Smear, this sort of attention typically means one is hovering over an important target.

See for yourself and make up your own mind!

How to watch Full Measure

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Victor Avila, Lone Survivor

Victor Avila was a special agent with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE in Mexico. On February 15, 2011, he and fellow ICE Agent Jaime Zapata got an unusual assignment: a task that required them to travel an infamous Mexican highway to pick up equipment.

This is the story of how Zapata was murdered by cartel thugs, the connection to Fast and Furious, and the mystery that still remains.

Watch the video investigation at the link below, which first aired on Full Measure Oct. 2017. The transcript follows.

Victor Avila: Lone Survivor--a Full Measure investigation

Today we investigate the incredible case of a US federal agent who survived a brutal attack by Mexican drug cartel thugs. It shows how violent cartels are wreaking havoc south of the border. But it also says a lot about serious shortfalls inside the US government which is still stonewalling on unanswered questions -- nearly eight long years later.

Victor Avila: I fought the assignment. I challenged it.

Sharyl Attkisson: You were supposed to drive down an extremely dangerous and maybe forbidden road, right?

Victor Avila: Correct.

Sharyl Attkisson: And the assignment was unusual because there was an edict not to travel on that road, is that correct?

Victor Avila: Correct. The U.S. Ambassador to the Regional Security Office of the U.S. Embassy had issued a notice of alert, prohibiting all U.S. personnel to drive on Highway 57 northbound, specifically to Monterrey.

Sharyl Attkisson: Because the cartels control that highway.

Victor Avila: Correct. There was numerous amounts of violence and shootings involving the Mexican government and military and the cartels.

Sharyl Attkisson: Why would you be sent on an assignment that's so dangerous, that defies instructions?

Victor Avila: I don't know.

Not only that, they were sent on the forbidden road without the normal armed escort vehicle. So they were all alone, on the way back with Agent Zapata driving, when two SUVs approached and forced them off the highway. Zetas cartel members surrounded them, shoved the barrels of a handgun and an AK47 rifle into their slightly cracked-open window and opened fire.

Victor Avila: During the shooting I saw Jaime get hit. He said: I'm hit, I'm shot. The handgun was shooting. I grabbed the handgun and burned my hand trying to stop it from shooting. And I tell Jaime, go, go, go, go. Like step on the gas. Jaime was already severely wounded and he, I grabbed the handle from the Suburban. I slammed it down in gear and pushed his right leg onto the accelerator. The Suburban went into the median of Highway 57.

Sharyl Attkisson: At what point did you get shot?

Victor Avila: I was shot during that time, I didn't realize. I didn't know that I had been shot. I was bleeding profusely from my chest and my leg and I had a lot of shrapnel and glass from my face.

911 Call: This is Victor Avila from ICE. We are shot! We are shot! We are on the highway.

Over 100 rounds were fired. Agent Zapata didn't make it. That's Avila in a wheelchair at the funeral. This past July, Avila and his family were there when the final two of seven known attackers were convicted in Washington D.C. federal court. But that hardly closed the book on unfinished business. Like why the feds were investigating but didn't manage to stop, two suspects who trafficked some of the murder weapons. In 2012, I first uncovered internal case files showing that in June 2010, the government opened a case named 'Baytown Crew' against this Texas man, Manuel Barba. According to documents, while under federal investigation, Barba took delivery of ten AK47s. Federal agents even recorded Barba talking of having sent the firearms to Mexico and obliterating the serial numbers before they were trafficked. One of those weapons was used in the shooting incident which killed Special Agent Zapata according to court documents. Meantime, federal agents were also investigating another suspect, Otilio Osorio, as he trafficked a different weapon used in the shooting.

Victor Avila: I was very familiar with Fast and Furious and was following it. I never knew that we would end up being somewhat tied to that.

Avila sees an eerie similarity to the government's Fast and Furious scandal that was unfolding at the exact same time. In Fast and Furious, federal agents secretly allowed thousands of weapons to be trafficked to Mexican drug cartels. One was used in the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, not long before Agents Avila and Zapata were shot.

Victor Avila: We want answers from the assignment, why the ICE supervisors and the U.S. Embassy ignored the alert from the U.S. Ambassador. Why they put us on this road without any operational plan, without an escort. What specifically did the government know and evade and cover-up about the transmission of those weapons to Mexico?

When Avila got stonewalled, Congress demanded the Inspector General investigate and Avila filed a civil suit against the government. Meantime, he returned to work but says he was marginalized, repeatedly transferred against his wishes, and eventually felt forced to retire.

Victor Avila: I never, never imagined that the treatment would be what, what it is. I never expected and I never felt entitled to any special treatment after being shot. All I wanted was to continue with my life and possibly my career. But my career ended that day.

In March, years after Congress demanded an investigation, the Inspector General finally issued a report. Incredibly, it found that Barba was a known criminal in federal custody before he trafficked one of the murder weapons. He was let loose because the feds wanted to use him as an informant. But that left Barba free to lead the Baytown Crew trafficking ring that sent firearms to Mexican drug cartels, including one used in Agent Zapata's murder. All these errors had significant consequences, concluded the IG.

Victor Avila: To this day, I, I don't know of anyone being admonished, held accountable at all, to this day.

Documents Avila says are crucial for his lawsuit were kept secret as part of President Obama's unusual Fast and Furious claim of executive privilege.

Victor Avila: To this day we have not received any documents related to either the firearms or any of the investigative documentation related to our shooting.

Sharyl Attkisson: Are these documents part of what's been withheld after President Obama issued an executive privilege claim?

Victor Avila: That's correct.

Sharyl Attkisson: There is a new President. There is a new Attorney General. How come you can't get the documents now?

Victor Avila: We're trying. We're trying and my goal is to have this new administration lift that order and allow us the ability to view all the documents and get answers to our questions.

Sharyl Attkisson: What are people to make of the story that you've told and things that happened to you?

Victor Avila: I believe part of my duty as a survivor is to continue to tell the story. It's important for me that Jaime's death not go in vain. He paid the ultimate sacrifice for his country. And we deserve answers just like the Zapata family deserves answers.

The Department of Justice did not respond to our request for comment. There has been no movement on Agent Avila's request for additional documents. The men convicted in July are expected to be sentenced next month.

11/19/2017 Update: Seven Mexican drug cartel thugs found guilty of shooting Avila and murdering his partner have been sentenced to terms ranging from 12 years to life in prison. Two suspects in the shootings received life in prison. Avila called the lesser sentences given to five other suspects a "complete and utter disappointment."

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Wikipedia's Pharma Industry Agenda Editors--at it again.

Though it's a moving target that changes day-by-day, Wikpedia's vaccine industry agenda editors are at it again.

Besides the other longstanding false and defamatory information edited onto my Wikipedia bio page, new false information has appeared.

The good news is that for those who care, the source information is available for you to review so that you can make up your own mind.

Watch "The Dark Side of Wikipedia," a Full Measure investigation.

Among the new false information is a paragraph that follows (with the corrected information inserted):

False Wikipedia Claim: "In a January 2019 episode of her television show Full Measure, Attkisson mischaracterized statements made in 2007 by a medical expert, Dr. Andrew Zimmerman, regarding a hypothetical relationship between vaccines and autism."

Correction: No statements were mischaracterized by Attkisson. The affidavit of Dr. Zimmerman, a pro-vaccine medical expert who served as a government expert witness, can be read in full here.

False Wikipedia Claim: "Attkisson falsely said that the Omnibus Autism Proceeding (OAP), which refuted claims of a causal link between vaccines and autism, was based primarily on Dr. Zimmerman's testimony, and that Zimmerman's nuanced views on the subject were kept hidden from the public by the federal government until 2018 in what Attkisson called 'one of the most consequential frauds, arguably in human history'."

Correction: Attkisson did not call anything "one of the most consequential frauds arguably in human history." The quote that Wikipedia misattributed to Attkisson was actually uttered by Robert F. Kennedy, Junior, as can be clearly seen in the story. Attkisson took no position on the consequentiality of the alleged fraud.

False Wikipedia Claim: "In fact, the OAP's verdict that there is no causal link between vaccines and autism was based on testimony by nine expert witnesses, and the views that Attkisson said were kept secret had already been made public in 2006 and were noted in the OAP."

Correction: According to Dr. Zimmerman, it is false that his views had "already been made public." His affidavit can be read here so that people can make up their own mind. Additionally, at the government's request, the court sealed a landmark case where the government secretly agreed vaccines caused a child's autism.

Through my reporting, I've learned that my experience with Wikipedia is not uncommon. That's why I'm launching the Wikipedia Correction Project (WCP): to allow those slandered or censored by Wikipedia to submit information that will allow consumers of information to compare and make up their own mind.

Click here to find out how to take part in the Wikipedia Correction Project.

Who would be against efforts to allow the public to access to corrected information and different views so they can make up their own minds? Among others, perhaps those working on behalf of the Wikipedia agenda editors who have long-controlled topics and pages with impunity.

This "new blues" blog attempts to smear the Wikipedia Correction Project (WCP) using the typical tactics described in "The Smear," including invocation of the phrase "conspiracy theory." Judging by the response, the blog actually serves the opposite of its intended purpose and has sparked a great deal of positive interest.

Read the "news blues" blog that attempts to discourage corrections of Wikipedia's false and slanted information.

For the few who might be interested, here is an unbiased, factually correct Wikipedia-style biography page for me: Sharyl Attkisson.

Do your own research. Make up your own mind. Think for yourself.

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FDA study: “Forever chemicals” linked to cancer persist in U.S. food but aren’t dangerous

Mixed fruit and vegetables, photo by Farzana Ahmad Awan

A leaked Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report has confirmed the presence of dangerous "forever chemicals" in meat, milk, and produce sold in the U.S.

That's according to a report in The Hill, which says the FDA information was leaked to it and other news outlets.

The Hill says the report is based on an FDA study not yet made public.

Aspects of the study were said to have been presented recently at a scientific conference in Helsinki, Finland. It reportedly found the class of chemicals, abbreviated as "PFAS" -- short for per polyfluoroalkyl substances -- were detected in a number of other food products. PFAS chemicals are often referred to as “forever chemicals” because of the time it takes them to break down. They have been linked to cancer.

The FDA said it plans to publicly release the findings after details of the study were leaked.

According to environmental experts, these chemicals originate in food packaging and have made their way into water supplies. From there, they can end up in food supplies, as well.

An article in The Hill goes into further detail about how the contamination spreads, and how long it would take for the chemical to be removed from a cow that has been exposed:

Produce for sale at a farmer's market 10 miles from a PFAS production plant was found to have the chemical, and testing from a dairy farm near an Air Force base in New Mexico found that water contamination from the base had reached the cows and the milk they produced.
“It would take approximately 1.5 years to eliminate PFOS from the cow after a 30-day exposure period,” the study noted, using an abbreviation for another form of PFAS.
Leaked FDA study finds milk, meat, produce contaminated with 'forever chemicals' - Rebecca Beitch for The Hill

However, the FDA study reportedly found that even when food sources tested positive for these chemicals, they were “not likely to be a safety concern.”

The FDA is said to be planning on launching a website about its research into PFAS.

Your comments in Attkisson v. DOJ/FBI for government computer intrusions

I continue to be extremely grateful for the support of thousands of you in my pursuit of justice over the government intrusions of my computers while I was an investigative reporter at CBS News.

As many of you know, the Department of Justice will not investigate its own, forcing me to self-fund my fight for justice in court.

Unfortunately, the Justice Department has been using your tax money for four years to obstruct our attempts to learn the names of the agents behind the forensically-proven improper government surveillance. The agency that is supposed to be righting wrongs is, instead, protecting those responsible.

Legal scholars are watching my case because, as the dissenting appellate judge stated in siding with me, if I cannot get justice-- then the government has been issued a "Kafkaesque" playbook that will allow them to avoid responsibility for nearly every case of improper spying on U.S. citizens.

Here are some of the comments you have made on behalf press freedom and Constitutional privacy rights in supporting the Attkisson Fourth Amendment Litigation fund that was generously started by a diverse group of civil right and privacy advocates:

You Go Girl!!

I want to see Justice done.

Hope all can support Sharyl Attkisson with money. Read her book "Stonewalled" and "The Smear." They open your eyes to things that many Americans are not aware of.

Sharyl is an amazing journalist!

I hope to expose government spying.

One of the few unbiased reporters around. Terrible what the government has done to her. Shades of Stalin or Mao.

FWIW, you could easily talk to Dan Bongino & get him sold on your case. He'd take it to Hannity, Levin & others, & they'd get it over their airwaves & to POTUS. POTUS can order USG cooperation. Your cause is America's cause - BEST OF LUCK!

I believe in this cause. Keep fighting.

I want the people responsible for the injustice to be held accountable.

I believe in what you are fighting for.

Sharyl is one of the true objective reporters out there. I admire Sharyl greatly and wish I had gone into journalism.

I fully support Sharyl Attkisson in her fight for justice.

Don't stop until you reach the sea.

All US citizens should be supporting this fight because it's a crime against all of us.

$50,000 Whistleblower Award offered in Attkisson v. DOJ FBI for the Government Computer Intrusions. Click here to learn more.

Sharyl Attkisson has the tenacity to pursue this case to a just conclusion. I support her efforts. No citizen should accept illegal government intrusion into our lives. No one should be stonewalled by the government to run out the clock, and be bled dry of financial resources, to receive justice.

In a dissenting opinion, Fourth Circuit Court Judge James Wynn blasted the decision stating: Not only should we disapprove of the tactics the government used to run out the clock on Attkisson’s claims, but we should also reject the troubling “game plan” it provided for the government and private parties to prevent disclosure of—and, therefore, responsibility for—their potentially unconstitutional or illegal electronic surveillance activities.

I donated because I believe.

I too believe.

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The Wikipedia Correction Project (WCP)

Do you see bias, slant and fact errors on a Wikipedia page that involves you or a topic you care about?

Are Wikipedia's agenda editors keeping you from making edits to correct disinformation and false information?

I'm pleased to announced the Wikipedia Correction Project, or WCP.

It's an informal way to invite people to correct or explain alleged bias and fact errors on Wikipedia pages.

The goal is to make additional information that is censored on Wikipedia available elsewhere. Consumers will have the opportunity to compare versions of the information, if they wish, and make up their own mind.

Watch: The Dark Side of Wikipedia

Learn about a new online encyclopedia: Everipedia.org

How can you take part in the Wikipedia Correction Project?

Submit your page or information yourself to the online encyclopedia site Everipedia, a new project by Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger. Sanger has separated from Wikipedia due to its bias, agenda editing and controversies. Everipedia is more user-friendly and strive to avoid the many conflicts inherent in Wikipedia. Check it out!

Or:

Submit one of the following to info@SharylAttkisson.com:

An entire Wikipedia-style page you're written on a biography or topic.
A section or sections that include(s) only the material that's been excluded from Wikipedia.
Note: You may include explanation(s) as to what you believe is incorrect or unfair about the Wikipedia page in question, and attempts to amend it; but you do not have to.

Examples of two pages can be found here: Sharyl Attkisson Biography; Rasmussen Reports.

Rules to submit to info@sharylattkisson.com, to begin with, are simple. Your submission serves as your agreement to follow them:

Be factual.
Be kind.
Opinions must be attributed to the writer or another source to be included.
Hateful, slanderous or inciteful material will not be considered.
"Conspiracy Theory," "fringe," or other material will not be considered at this stage, as I do not have the infrastructure to properly handle it.
I retain all rights to make edits or not publish submitted material at all.
Like Wikipedia, the published information should not presumed to be independently verified; it is intended to serve as an additional resource of opinions and alleged facts to counterbalance the censorship and shaping taking place on Wikipedia.
You must include your real name and contact information (see below).
Please be patient. You may not receive a reply upon submission. Publication of material will likely begin later this summer.

Support independent journalism. Donate to SharylAttkisson.com by clicking here.

Where to email your submission:

For email submissions to info@SharylAttkisson.com with "Wikipedia Correction Project" in the subject title to be considered for publication as a reference for Internet users. You must include your real name, phone number and address. Your personal information may be passed along to Everipedia editors who will help establish the page. The information will otherwise be kept private and is used for verification purposes only

A nod to Wikipedia's many terrific, hard working and well-meaning volunteer editors. They are simply outmatched, at times, by the powerful volunteer "agenda" editors often working on behalf of cloaked or paid interests.

Proposing a Declaration of Digital Independence

Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger, who has split from the organization, has new and big ideas. Some of them involve a plan to take censorship power away from the few and the powerful. Read on. Let me know what you think by leaving your comment on this page.

Proposing a Declaration of Digital Independence

By Larry Sanger, cofounder of Wikipedia

THIS MESSAGE IS mainly for the leaders and enthusiasts of the broad-based movement toward decentralizing content, but especially social media. I’m not trying to start a new project or organization—after all, decentralization is what I am encouraging. I’m partly trying to start a conversation among individuals, to get them thinking and talking—but on a massive scale. But I’m also trying to inspire people to action, to come together and go the last mile to achieving robust and extremely widespread decentralization.

I’d be championing decentralization, and I’d be up in arms about where the social media giants have been taking us, especially in recent years, even if I weren’t CIO of Everipedia, which is decentralizing encyclopedia writing. Like many of us, I’m incensed at Big Tech for their increasingly bold and arrogant incursions into both our privacy (which puts our information security at risk) and our free speech. As power has come to be concentrated in the hands of Big Tech corporations, they have increasingly posed a threat to our rights. So I’m impatient to see decentralization happen; only with the same decentralization on which the Internet itself is built can we hope to secure our rights to privacy, information security, and free speech.

I recently wrote a proposal on how to decentralize social media, and it got quite a bit of traction and discussion. The response amply underscored two facts: First, there is a huge amount of support, latent or explicit, for the idea of decentralizing social media; second, there are plenty of very smart people already at work on various aspects of this vision. (Continued...)

Read the rest of the article in Wired by clicking the link below:

https://www.wired.com/story/larry-sanger-declaration-of-digital-independence/

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