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SOPA's sponsor in the House, Chairman Smith, called Wikipedia's blackout a "publicity stunt" saying: "It is ironic that a website dedicated to providing information is spreading misinformation about the Stop Online Piracy Act." Smith went on to insist that SOPA "will not harm Wikipedia, domestic blogs or social networking sites". [188]
The Freedom of Internet Act (formerly Free Internet Act) is an act aimed to legislate the Internet and its uses worldwide, as an alternative to SOPA and PIPA. [1] The idea was originated in a Reddit post [2] and the act is being developed in a subsection of Reddit specifically created for this purpose.
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."
Moments later on the Senate floor, state Sen. Andrew Chesney, R-Freeport, said the measure will shield illegal immigrants in the state after living in Illinois for only three months.
A January 20, 2012, editorial in the Daily Kos described Wyden as "The biggest SOPA/PIPA hero". [38] After Senator Wyden, Senator Moran was one of the first Senators to recognize the problems with PIPA and to take a stand against the bill [ 39 ] Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown (R) also publicly voiced his opposition to the legislation as well ...
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The lawsuit claims that Illinois and Cook County laws represent an "intentional effort to obstruct the Federal Government’s enforcement of federal immigration law and to impede consultation and ...
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.