Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Wikipedia: SOPA protest led 8 million to look up reps in Congress
LA Times ^ | January 19, 2012 | Deborah Netburn

Posted on 01/20/2012 9:48:04 AM PST by opentalk

On Wednesday, some of the Internet's largest entities blacked out their websites --or their logos or some of their content --in a protest against the SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills making their way through Congress.

If you're wondering whether all of this had an effect, the answer is yes. Big time.

Wikipedia, the largest Web player to block access to its pages for a full 24 hours, reports that a whopping 162 million people experienced the blackout on the online encyclopedia's landing page. In addition, 8 million U.S. readers took Wikipedia's suggestion and looked up their congressional reps from the site.

Google reported Wednesday that as of 1:30 PM PST, 4.5 million people had signed its petition asking lawmakers to reject the Stop Online Piracy Act

(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: censorship; internet; pipa; sopa

1 posted on 01/20/2012 9:48:08 AM PST by opentalk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]




Boop Her Nose!

Kitty Is Too Tired to Donate
How About You?


Become a Monthly Donor
Sponsors will contribute $10
For each new monthly sign-up

2 posted on 01/20/2012 11:47:32 AM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: opentalk

FUSOPA.


3 posted on 01/20/2012 12:05:53 PM PST by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson