On January 18th, several sites are planning to go black in protest of proposed online piracy legislation by U.S. law.
At this point, we know that two of the biggest sites that plan on participating include Wikipedia.com and Reddit.com. Google doesn't plan on shutting down for the day, but they will be displaying some information to their users as a way to educate them about the proposed legislation and to voice their opposition.
Despite the shared interest of protesting from around the web, other big sites like Facebook and Twitter will remain online and working for all users. And while angry blog posts and "STOP SOPA" avatars continue to float around the web, a lot of people seem to be left confused and misguided about what exactly is going on.
If you can handle it, you should read the bill for yourself.
Of course, I know that a lot of people won't actually read it, so as an alternative you can also watch this recent SOPA debate, which aired this past Sunday introducing the legislation and touches on some of the most important issues involved with it.
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Hi Elise
It looks like we all survived black Wednesday. Let’s hope that the Americans are getting smarter and that the SOPA law is dead by now.