Wikipedia in black-out protest over piracy legislation
Wikipedia will black out the English-language version of its website today to protest against anti-piracy legislation under consideration in the US Congress.
The website will go dark for 24 hours in a move that brings added muscle to a growing base of critics of the legislation.
Wikipedia is one of the internet’s most popular websites, with millions of visitors daily.
“If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United States,” insisted the Wikimedia foundation, the body behind the community-based online encyclopedia.
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