Wikipedia, Reddit blackout to protest SOPA and PIPA
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Uploaded by NMAWorldEdition on Jan 17, 2012
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To protest SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), Wikipedia, Reddit, Boing Boing and other sites are shutting down for a day on January 18th. The blackout seeks to educate the public about SOPA, which opponents say will "break the internet."
As hard as it is to go a whole day without Reddit or the cute animals of the Cheezeburger network, the site participating in the blackout with the biggest impact is likely to be Wikipedia. Tens of millions of people around the world check Wikipedia daily for fast information for free. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales warned students with a tweet: "Student warning! Do your homework early. Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday! #sopa."
As the backlash against SOPA continues, Congress actually announced that the bill will be shelved. However, activists are adamant that the blackout will go ahead, in case SOPA makes a comeback, either on its own, or as PIPA, or the Protect IP Act.
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XXkillacocopuffXX 3 weeks ago
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cardtrickmaster2000 1 month ago
@katzinaru wouldn't mind
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Bananakid11 1 month ago
@forkaren100 Land of the cavemen, home of the retard government :/
bladestorm175334 1 month ago
hahaha if you tube is down even for 1 hour then people are going to go fucking crazy
emwinslimshady 1 month ago
@luigikirbylego Wikipedia actually said on it's page explaining the blackout that they didn't want people to stop using Wikipedia, they just wanted people to understand what SOPA and PIPA could do but it was still okay to circumnavigate the blackout.
TheAndroid219 1 month ago
juan pipel
fjfjfq 1 month ago
American legislators still traver by horse right? I mean... don't they even know the global effect this could get?
So much for THE LAND OF THE FREE, heil...
forkaren100 1 month ago
that was the coolest animation ever XD
Irishwolfheart 1 month ago