We Seem To Have Broke The Internet

Yesterday the internet went on strike in protest of SOPA and PIPA. Some sites blacked out completely, displaying messages about SOPA and PIPA instead of their usual content.....

....while other sites stayed active, but displayed prominent messages about censorship linking to pages with more information.

Twitter and Facebook didn't participate in the blackout, but their users did by not posting all day and changing their profile pictures.

The protest was a huge success, with several legislators who had previously stated their support of SOPA and/or PIPA (one of which helped write the former) coming out against them.

This is a victory for a free and open internet, but we haven't won yet. SOPA and PIPA are still a threat, and if they're voted down I have no doubt that it's only a matter of time before someone in power comes up with a 'better' bill that's pretty much identical.

The internet is ours, it belongs to the people. Never give up the fight.

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Vj McMullan Jan 19, 2012, 6:13am UTC

I don't know how you were able to post these images, but they are effective. I tried to get into Wikipedia and saw this. I'm so glad for these protests!

Matt Suttles Jan 19, 2012, 3:41pm UTC

I just got screen caps of all the blacked out sites I found. You just hold CTRL and press PRINT SCREEN to copy the screen image, then paste it into paint and save it from there.

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Reno Berkeley Jan 19, 2012, 3:09pm UTC

Great piece. I wrote about the teenagers who were in a panic about Wikipedia being down! It was funny and sad at the same time.

Matt Suttles Jan 19, 2012, 3:42pm UTC

I was half expecting a bunch of short sighted teens to organize a protest of the protest. LOL!

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