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On November 16, 2011, SOPA was discussed by the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary. Tumblr, Mozilla, Techdirt, and the Center for Democracy and Technology were among many Internet companies who protested by participating in 'American Censorship Day', by displaying black banners over their site logos with the words "STOP CENSORSHIP."
The English-language Wikipedia page on January 18, 2012, illustrating its international blackout in opposition to SOPA. On January 18, 2012, by consensus of editors, the English Wikipedia was blacked out for one day to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a bill in the United States House of Representatives. The process for deciding ...
On January 18, 2012, the English Wikipedia, Google, and an estimated 7,000 other smaller websites ceased standard operation as part of a coordinated service blackout as an attempt to spread awareness and objection to the bill. In many cases, websites replaced the entirety of their main content with facts regarding SOPA and the entity's case ...
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Dec 15, 2011 – House markup on SOPA; Jan 13, 2012 – Six PIPA Co-sponsors write letter of concern [62] Jan 14, 2012 – White House issues formal response to SOPA/PIPA petition [63] [64] [65] Jan 18, 2012 – Internet Blackout protest; 6 Senators withdraw support: Kelly Ayotte, John Boozman, Roy Blunt, Orrin Hatch, Mark Kirk, Marco Rubio. [66]
Of the proposals considered by Wikipedians, those that would result in a "blackout" of the English Wikipedia, in concert with similar blackouts on other websites opposed to SOPA and PIPA, received the strongest support." This discussion was confirmed on Monday afternoon with a public statement made on the SOPA initiative action page.
WE NEED YOU TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH ONLINE. The Wikipedia community has decided to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours in protest of proposed legislation — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECTIP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate — that, if passed, will harm the free and open Internet.
2.1 SOPA and PIPA protests. ... 2012, blackout. SOPA and PIPA protests ... The organization participated in a day of action on June 5, ...