[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia is considering going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA

Paolo Massa paolo at gnuband.org
Fri Jan 13 09:07:19 UTC 2012


There is a dedicated website too.
http://www.wikipediablackout.com/

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:58 AM, emijrp <emijrp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Forwarding an alarming e-mail for your interest.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Wade Mollison <info at demandprogress.org>
> Date: 2012/1/13
> Subject: Wikipedia
> To: "\"emijrp\"" <emijrp at gmail.com>
>
> Emily,
>
> Quick request:  Wikipedia is considering going dark to protest SOPA and
> PIPA, the Internet censorship bills.
> *It'd be huge news, jar rank-and-file Internet users out of complacency,
> and serve as a turning point in the effort to beat these bills.*
>
> *Will you encourage Wikipedia to protest censorship by going dark?  Just
> click here.*
>
> And you can use these links to ask your friends to join the cause:
>
>
> If you're already on *Facebook*, click here to share with your friends.
> If you're already on *Twitter*, click here to tweet about the campaign:
> Tweet
>
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