Some Senate Websites Overwhelmed by SOPA Response ~ Pare News

Rabu, 18 Januari 2012

Some Senate Websites Overwhelmed by SOPA Response

Posted by immunk pare on 20.03

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Some U.S. Senate websites appear to be lagging Wednesday due to a blackout of their own — personal contact pages for several senators are not loading.

This is most likely due to the large number of people being redirected to this list of congress member’s contact information.

With websites like Wikipedia and a huge list of others going dark to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), people are signing petitions and contacting their law makers to say “no” to these bills, causing the online traffic jam described in the video above.

Online petitions are being passed extensively around on Facebook and Twitter. According the The Verge , which first reported the problem, the technical difficulties do not seem like an intentional response to the SOPA blackout.

Are you having trouble accessing your Senator’s websites? Let us know in the comments.

Image courtesy of Flickr, USDAgov

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