The founder of Wikipedia called for a strike in which people stop using social media for up to 48 hours later this week in an attempt to squeeze networks to regain control over their users' personal data.
Larry Sanger, one of the founders of Wikipedia, sees his call for a strike from July 4 to 5 to show users' demand for change on the platforms, according to a BBC report.
Users will be prevented from participating in social networks on these two days to show that they have a "serious complaint" about social networking services.
"We will gather our collective strength and call on manipulative giants to give us back control of our data and privacy," Sanger said.
The greater the number of people joining the initiative, the greater the impact of dissatisfied people on the current status of these platforms.
Sanger hopes the strike will lead to changes in large social networks, which will then give people more control over their data.
The strikers will also be asked to sign the Declaration of Digital Independence drafted by Sanger.
The Declaration calls for social networks to be decentralized and transformed into systems that respect the rights to freedom of expression, privacy and security.
The strike was widely distributed on Reddit, Twitter and many other networks. Sanger also asked supporters to publish the word on Facebook.
But despite the growing interest in the strike, some have questioned its impact.
"I feel that even if I hit anyone who cares, the difference between visitors a day may be a little," said one commentator on a technology hacker blog.
"I think most people who really care have already left or reduced the means of central social communication to the extent that the day of non-strike is the exception."