Wikipedia to go dark in SOPA protest, Twitter declines...
Wikipedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales said the controversial legislation is far from dead.
IDG News Service - Wikipedia has decided to black out the English version of the online encyclopedia for 24 hours on Wednesday to protest controversial legislation in the U.S., following a cue given by some other Internet sites including social news site Reddit which will black out its site for 12 hours on the same day.
The Wikimedia Foundation said Monday that the Wikipedia community had chosen to black out its English version to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate.
"While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet," said the statement which was signed by Victoria Espinel, the White House intellectual property enforcement coordinator, Aneesh Chopra, U.S. chief technology officer, and Howard Schmidt, special assistant to the president and cybersecurity coordinator for the National Security Staff.
SOURCE:computerworld.com and google.com(image)
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