SOPA Blackout: What It’s About & How to Take Action
January 18th, 2012 by Zachary Shahan
Well, I probably don’t need to tell you there’s a SOPA blackout today, and probably don’t need to tell you what it’s about. But if you haven’t run into the news when trying to visit a Wikipedia page or reddit, or when googling, below is a quick summary of what SOPA and PIPA are, what they threaten, why Congress is looking at them, and how to take action:
And note that even if you aren’t a U.S. resident, these bills could affect you: “Many of the sites that you may use (e.g. Google, Facebook, Wikipedia, etc.) are all affected by this law and will be required to hide offending domains from you,” reddit notes. “If a non-U.S. site is blocked in the U.S., the site could suffer financially or even be bankrupted by the loss of U.S. traffic and revenue.”
OK, now the repost from Planetsave:
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