The English site of one of my favorite websites, Wikipedia, went black today to raise awareness to, and to protest against new legislations being considered by the US Congress that could fatally damage the free and open Internet as we know it today.
These new legislations are known as the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) and the “PROTECT IP Act” (PIPA). Both bills are advertised as helping to combat online piracy and protect internet users. The actual content contained within the two bills however, is rather frightening, as they could be used to build a framework for future restrictions and suppression.
The full version can be daunting to read but there is an unabridged version written by Mashable.com that serves as a good translation.
Learn about these bills from Wikipedia itself: SOPA and PIPA
~florent flora
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