A Guide to the Anti-SOPA Protests
A collection of links, tweets, quotes and explainers about the Stop Online Privacy Act and the protests that took place on January 18, 2012.
- To understand more about SOPA and PIPA, check out these great explainers and background stories.
How SOPA would affect you: FAQ | Privacy Inc. - CNET NewsNov 21, 2011 ... An in-depth look at the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, backed by Hollywood and opposed by the largest Web compa...
What Are SOPA and PIPA And Why All The Fuss? - Forbesnbsp; Visitors to Google.com see a blacked out logo and a link to an online petition Knowing that Wikipedia would go dark for 24 hours in...
The Khan AcademyKhan Academy is on a mission to provide a free world-class education to anyone anywhere. With over 2,600 videos covering everything from ...
Money, power, and Congress: how lobbyists will determine the fate of SOPAI used to be a lobbyist. When I first strolled the long halls of the Rayburn House office building, a marble monolith of bureaucracy, I w...- There was even a debate hosted by the New York Times.
What's the Best Way to Protect Against Online Piracy? - Room for DebateForce payment processors to cut off services to sites that violate existing law, like we've done with gambling. Sandra Aistars, Copyright...- Then there were sites that have been protesting against SOPA today, including Wikipedia, Wired.com, and others that have blacked out or censored their content in some way.
- Wikipedia:SOPA initiative/Learn more - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Why? SOPA and PIPA put the burden on website owners to police user-contributed material and call fo...
Why We’ve Censored Wired.comWe've blacked out the headlines on our website homepage today as part of a global internet protest against two radical anti-piracy bills ...
These Websites Are Going Dark to Protest SOPA WednesdayMajor tech companies are going dark on Jan. 18 to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act -- here's a list of who's turning off the lights on ...
The best Sopa protests online – in picturesThe Great Internet Blackout in protest of proposed anti-piracy legislation was in full swing on Wednesday, with thousands of websites eit...- But with Wikipedia blacked out, of course people figured out simple work-arounds to get access to the online encyclopedia.
TechCrunch | Essay Due? Here’s How To Access Wikipedia During The SOPA BlackoutAs you can tell from the homepage, it's a sad, trying day for the internet. Many of our favorite sites like Reddit and Wikipedia have gon...- Search giant Google didn't black out its service but did provide a prominent link to help people take action against SOPA.
- End Piracy, Not Liberty – GoogleTwo bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would cen...
- More about SOPA and PIPA – End Piracy, Not Liberty – GoogleMembers of Congress are trying to do the right thing by going after pirates and counterfeiters but SOPA and PIPA are the wrong way to do ...
- PBS NewsHour posted an excellent gallery on Google+ of all the blacked-out sites.
- While Facebook didn't black out its service, a status update from CEO Mark Zuckerberg against SOPA received hundreds of thousands of "likes." Plus, he even tweeted for the first time since 2009.
The internet is the most powerful tool we have for creating a more open and connected world. We can't let poorly thought out laws get in the way of the internet's development. Facebook opposes SOPA and PIPA, and we will continue to oppose any laws that will hurt the internet. The world today needs political leaders who are pro-internet. We have been working with many of these folks for months on better alternatives to these current proposals. I encourage you to learn more about these issues and tell your congressmen that you want them to be pro-internet. You can read more about our views here: https://www.facebook.com/FacebookDC?sk=app_329139750453932.- Surprisingly, even some unions in Hollywood backed SOPA, leading to a petition to get them to change positions.
MediaShift Idea Lab . Why Unions Should Not Support SOPA | PBSby Matt Stempeck (Bio), January 13, 2012 Tagged: aftra, internet, net neutrality, online piracy, organized labor, sag, sopa, unions A ver...
