Wikipedia Goes Black in Protest of SOPA

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As announced, Wikipedia’s main page is “blackened” today in protest of the controversial Stop online privacy act (SOPA).

“For over a decade, we have spent millions of hours building the largest encyclopedia in human history. Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet. For 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out Wikipedia,” says the message on the page.

The actual content of Wikipedia is accessible as normal, and once you refresh the blackened front page you will be able to access the front page as well.

Still, the message is clear: one of the most influential sites and communities on the internet is clearly against SOPA. Many other sites, including Reddit, will join the protest by shutting down or “blacking out” their homepages today.

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Stan Schroeder 18 Jan, 2012

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Source: http://mashable.com/2012/01/18/wikipedia-black/
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