Showing posts with label Wikipedia 24-hour "blackout" to protest US antipiracy bills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wikipedia 24-hour "blackout" to protest US antipiracy bills. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Wikipedia goes dark for 24 hours to protest web piracy bills; Foxnews.com, 1/18/12

Foxnews.com; Wikipedia goes dark for 24 hours to protest web piracy bills:

"Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day?

The online encyclopedia is one of the Internet's most visited sites, and at midnight Eastern Standard Time it began a 24-hour "blackout" in protest against proposed anti-piracy legislation that many leading websites -- including Reddit, Google, Facebook, Amazon and others -- contend will make it challenging if not impossible for them to operate."