On January 18, 2012, a series of coordinated protests occurred against two proposed laws in the United States Congress—the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act. These followed smaller protest
A screenshot of the English Wikipedia landing page, symbolically its only page during the blackout on January 18, 2012
Anti-SOPA/PIPA protesters in New York City, in coordination with the Internet blackout
SOPA-PIPA protest, January 18, 2012, in front of Senators Chuck Schumer's and Kirsten Gillibrand's offices, New York City
SOPA-PIPA protest, January 18, 2012, in front of Senators Chuck Schumer's and Kirsten Gillibrand's offices, New York City
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Fight for the Future is a nonprofit advocacy group in the area of digital rights that was founded in 2011. The group aims to promote causes related to copyright legislation, as well as online privacy
Protests against SOPA and PIPA
…that there were insufficient safeguards in place to protect sites based upon user-generated content. The move to a formal protest was initiated when Fight for the Future organized thousands of the most popular websites in the world, including the English Wikipedia, to temporarily close or interrupt their content and…
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