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Don't censor the web
From the Google Blog....
You might notice many of your favorite websites look different today. Wikipedia is down. Wordpress is dark. We’re censoring our homepage logo and asking you to petition Congress. So what’s the big deal?
Right now in Washington D.C., Congress is considering two bills that would censor the web and impose burdensome regulations on American businesses. They’re known as the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House. Here’s what they’d do:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/dont-censor-web.html
Right now in Washington D.C., Congress is considering two bills that would censor the web and impose burdensome regulations on American businesses. They’re known as the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House. Here’s what they’d do:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/dont-censor-web.html
And from Flowing Data....
Watching ‘wtf Wikipedia’ as SOPA/PIPA blackout begins
http://flowingdata.com/2012/01/17/watching-wtf-wikipedia-as-sopapipa-blackout-begins/
http://flowingdata.com/2012/01/17/watching-wtf-wikipedia-as-sopapipa-blackout-begins/
