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Google says 4.5 million people signed anti-SOPA petition – Allentown Morning Call
a spokeswoman from the popular blogging platform WordPress, said that at last count, 25,000 WordPress blogs had joined the SOPA and PIPA protest by blacking out their blogs entirely, and another 12,500 used the “Stop Censorship” ribbon.
Wikipedia editors question site’s planned blackout – Today’s Zaman
It is the first time the English site has been blacked out. Wikipedia’s Italian site came down once briefly to protest an Internet censorship bill put forward by the Berlusconi government. The bill did not advance. The shutdown adds to a growing body of …
Wikipedia founder defends ’24-hour-black out protest’ over anti-piracy US legislation – New Kerala
and I hope we send a broad global message that the internet as a whole will not tolerate censorship in response to mere allegations of copyright infringement,” he added. Wales said the decision to either enforce a US-only blackout versus a global blackout …
OPEN Act Emerges as SOPA, PIPA Take a Beating – Newser
Its backers say it avoids potential Internet censorship, but the entertainment industry and other SOPA/PIPA supporters say it doesn’t go far enough to tackle piracy.
Protesting Internet Censorship | War Is A Crime .org
Protesting Internet Censorship – by Stephen Lendman. On May 12, Senator Patrick Leahy (D. VT) introduced "S. 968: Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PROTECT IP).
Prevent Internet censorship and the passage of SOPA | Home
Even though the tide has turned in their favor in the battle over SOPA, some of the most popular sites on the web are blacking themselves out today to protest t.
Prevent Internet censorship and the passage of SOPA | www
Stop Censorship of the Internet. Submitted by Mary Bottari on January 18, 2012 – 5:17pm. News. Thousands of websites across America have gone dark today in prot.