Lady Gaga Lets It All Hang Out In Paris
Shia LaBeouf Parties With Friends In Silver Lake
Pamela Anderson On The Prowl
Prince von Anhalt And His Questionable Attire
Paris Does Her Holiday Shopping In The Rain
The Cruises Go Out In The Big Apple
Kate Beckinsale And Her Hubby Holiday Shop
Halle Berry Brings Nahla To Disney On Ice
Google And Wikipedia Protest Antipiracy Legislation
Posted on Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:17 AM PDT
LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Google and Wikipedia are among the many websites that are ‘going dark’ today in protest of the U.S. House of Representatives' Stop Online Piracy Act and the Senate's Protect IP Act.
For 24 hours, a black bar will cover Google’s logo and Wikipedia will direct users to a message that urges them to contact their representatives.
The two websites join nearly 7,000 others – including Reddit, Wordpress, TwitPic, and Flickr – that are protesting the acts, which, if passed, would grant the government and large corporations the power to shut down websites accused of copyright infringement without due process.
Links:
Internet
