Posts Tagged ‘PIPA’

Infographic: How The People Leveraged Social Media To Change Congress’ Mind About SOPA In 1 Day

Before After SOPA

Last week some of the web’s most popular sites, from Wikipedia to Reddit, went dark to protest SOPA and PIPA. The protest was enough to stop SOPA in its tracks (at least for the time being), and Visual.ly, the world’s largest database of infographic, has put together a nice visualization of ‘How the People and Social Media Changed Congress’ Mind in One Day.’

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10 Anti-SOPA Videos To Educate & Inspire Action

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After yesterday’s SOPA protests and blackouts the anti-SOPA and PIPA movement has got more traction than ever. A pretty impressive amount of Congressman stopped backing the bills yesterday, but there’s still work to do. To that end, we decided to put together a list of some of the most popular SOPA videos on YouTube to educate and inspire action.

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Wikipedia to Shut Down on Wednesday in Protest of SOPA

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Time to dust off the old Encyclopedia Britannica, because all your online facts are about to go unchecked. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has confirmed that the free online encyclopedia will shut down on Wednesday, January 18 in protest of the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), two anti-piracy bills that are currently being debated in Congress.