By: Olga Gromova
Wikipedia, Google, Reddit.com, and Craigslist have joined
forces in the fight against SOPA and PIPA.
Wikipedia has shut down their entire site for 24 hours and created a
landing page that reads “Imagine a World Without
Free Knowledge. 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.” Google has
blacked out its banner and posted a caption that reads: “Tell Congress: Please
don’t censor the web!” Reddit.com has
shut down for 12 hours and Craigslist has changing its local home pages
to a black screen directing users to an anti-legislation page.
Already the protest has caused waves in the media and raised
great amounts of attention around the proposed bills. While 24 hours without
Wikipedia is no walk in the park, I personally think that huge waves could be
made if Facebook and Twitter jumped into the picket line. I bet if Facebook
shut down for a day with a statement saying that they would re-open once a
certain number of people reached out to congress these bills would be squashed
in no time.
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