Wikipedia to black out all 3.8 million English-language pages to protest PIPA
Wikipedia to black out all 3.8 million English-language pages to protest PIPA
Jan 17, 2012
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(DigitalTrends) - Wikipedia is going black on Wednesday, January 18, to help fight the contentious Protect IP Act (PIPA), which is set to go for a vote before the Senate on January 24. The move, first reported by Neal Mann, digital news editor at Sky News, was announced by Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the far-reaching online encyclopedia, on Twitter. Wales says the blackout was a “community decision
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