Wikipedia Shuts Down to Protest Censorship Bills
Submitted on January 18, 2012
By Andre Damon - WSWS
Wikipedia, the free on-line encyclopedia, is shutting down for 24 hours today to protest internet censorship bills currently being considered by the US Congress...The protest is aimed against two bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), currently under consideration in the US House of Representatives, and its counterpart in the Senate, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). The laws would increase the government’s power over the Internet and its ability to shut down sites in the name of enforcing copyright law.
