SOPA Rep Blasts Wikipedia Blackout, Says Law To Go Forward In Feb. Comments (View); Text Size: A A; Email · Share. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tx), who is leading a push to pass a controversial anti-piracy bill, issued a Lesley Ciarula Taylor Staff Reporter The Internet rallied Wednesday to fill in the black hole Wikipedia created [...]
By SARAH MASLIN NIR | January 18, 2012, 1:38 am A screengrab of Wikipedia's home page on Wednesday, which warned users that the Web site would be blacked out for 24 hours. Wikipedia's much publicized 24-hour blackout in protest of online anti-piracy SOPA Rep Blasts Wikipedia Blackout, Says Law To Go Forward In Feb. Comments [...]
Wikipedia is planning to protest anti-piracy legislation with a 24-hour blackout of its English-language website on Wednesday. The nonprofit that operates the online encyclopedia written by its readers said in a statement that It is in Wikipedia, but the article won't be available January 18, as for the first time this world wide encyclopedia will [...]
The news comes after a lengthy debate as to the particulars of such a grand gesture — whether or not the site should participate at all, which versions of the site would be affected, and how exactly the blackout would go down And most importantly, how will Wikipedia geeks be able update the SOPA Wikipedia [...]
Wikipedia has issued an official statement confirming a planned blackout on January 18. Scroll down for update. searches on the Internet Tuesday include Wikipedia on news the online encyclopedia will shut down its English-language Web site for 24 hours to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act. Wikipedia, which said its blackout will go into effect [...]
