Wikipedia joins blackout protest at US anti-piracy moves - Twitter decline joining hands

Wikipedia has taken its English-language site offline as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US.

Users attempting to access the site see a black screen and a political statement: "Imagine a world without free knowledge."

The user-generated news site Reddit and the blog Boing Boing are also taking part in the "blackout".

However, Twitter has declined to join the shutdown.

A message by Twitter's chief executive sparked off a conversation with Wikipedia's founder

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Wikipedia Going Dark to Protest SOPA

Wikpedia will go offline Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), according to Co-Founder Jimmy Wales. Wales made the announcement via a series of tweets.

“This is going to be wow,” reads one tweet. “I hope Wikipedia will melt phone systems in Washington on Wednesday. Tell everyone you know!”

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US Congress has the potential to destroy the internet

[ via  Business Insider ] 12 Jan

The Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) legislation being debated in Congress has the potential to destroy the internet as we have come to know it.

SOPA - the death of Internet [Photo: The Faster Times]

If passed, SOPA would require internet providers to block access to sites in other countries hosting stolen intellectual property (IP) from the U.S. It also puts any site that contains even an accidental link to a protected IP at risk for legal action.

Find out which websites are destroyed if SOPA passed: Business Insider

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