On Google main page today:
Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web! |
watch beyond the break season 1 41 noropook8 55 |
please dont censor the webb.... ill do what ever u want |
Please dont censor the webb. |
PLEASE DON'T CENSOR THE WEB! Some people depend on for their Businesses. It will be like shutting down the world. And that just isn't 'RIGHT'. |
I think that it is illegal and UNCONSTITUTIONAL. |
2012-1-18
Google: "Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web!" http://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/ http://www.google.com/logos/2012/sopa12_hp.png
EFF: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/january-18-internet-wide-protests-against-blacklist-legislation http://blacklists.eff.org/ http://www.eff.org/sites/default/files/features/protest.png http://www.eff.org/sites/default/files/features/blacklist-645.png
Mozilla: http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2012/01/17/mozilla-to-join-tomorrows-virtual-protests-of-pipasopa/ http://www.mozilla.org/
FSF: http://www.fsf.org/ The FSF logo has been changed to a gnu with a "stop censorship" mask in front of its eyes. The below image is via the standard url rather than a permalink. http://www.fsf.org/gnu.png
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more
Reddit: http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/technical-examination-of-sopa-and.html
Imgur: http://imgur.com/blog/2012/01/16/imgur-joins-blackout/ _________
slashdot coverage (but not participating): http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/18/0834219/ask-slashdot-what-can-you-do-about-sopa-and-pipa
"You may have heard the House has shelved SOPA, and that President Obama has pledged not to pass it as-is, but the MPAA and SOPA-sponsor Lamar Smith (R-TX) are trying to brush off the protests as a stunt, and Smith has announced markup for the bill will resume in February. Meanwhile, PIPA is still present in the Senate, and it remains a threat." |
allthingssd.com has a list of sites and how they are participating. http://allthingsd.com/20120117/list-of-sites-planning-sopa-protests-continues-to-grow (caveat video)
Below is a sample from their list:
-- going "dark" -- 38 Studios: dark BoingBoing: dark Epic Games: dark Minecraft: dark Red 5 Studios: dark Reddit: dark Riot Games: dark Wordpress: dark
-- other participation -- Firefox browser: special default start page Google: home page link Mozilla: redirect home page (also see firefox) |