• Financial Times, Thursday, March 8, 2012 7:27 AM

Speaking at the FT’s Digital Media Conference in London on Wednesday, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales said he won’t install Facebook’s Like button or add other ways to share the site socially out of concern for readers’ privacy. Of greater concern to him are tech companies and app stores controlling the internet’s creativity. Also, Reuters reports that Wikipedia will not get into politics despite playing a key role in stopping U.S. anti-piracy legislation in January. "We really don't want to become a political lobbying force of any kind and we are hopeful that we won't ever have to do this again," Wales said.

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