Hundreds of nonprofits, businesses, academic, editorial boards, and an unknowable number of Internet users are lined up against SOPA and its Senate companion, the Protect IP Act (PIPA), which were introduced late last year with bipartisan support and backing from the entertainment industry. ![]() The Internet-wide protest t oday is the most public expression yet of broad anger over the bill that has spilled out on Facebook, Twitter and blog sites over the 2011 holidays and into the new year. Reportedly as many as 7,000 other websites are also planning to go dark today like the popular social news sharing site Reddit, tech blog Boing Boing, and Mozilla, maker of the popular Firefox browser. ![]() NEW YORK – Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia which has become an invaluable resource to millions of people worldwide, went offline this morning in protest of the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) making its way through Congress.
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