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The English-language Wikipedia page on January 18, 2012, illustrating its international blackout in opposition to SOPA. On January 18, 2012, by consensus of editors, the English Wikipedia was blacked out for one day to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a bill in the United States House of Representatives.
Gardner goes on to quote Wikimedia Foundation board member Kat Walsh, adding that, "Like Kat and the rest of the Wikimedia Foundation Board, I have increasingly begun to think of Wikipedia’s public voice, and the goodwill people have for Wikipedia, as a resource that wants to be used for the benefit of the public.
Months after the protests, in July 2012, The New York Times summarized events as follows: [139] Wikipedia went black to protest SOPA and more than seven million people signed online petitions, many of which said the bills would "break the Internet." Congress, overwhelmed by the popular opposition, quickly backpedaled, leaving the legislation to ...
Gone Dark (also known as The Limit) is a 2003 Canadian-British crime drama mystery film directed by Lewin Webb, written by Matt Holland and starring Lauren Bacall, Claire Forlani, Henry Czerny and Pete Postlethwaite.
Argo (2012) – historical thriller film based on the "Canadian Caper", in which Tony Mendez led the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran, Iran, under the guise of filming a science-fiction film during the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis [13]
A Dark Truth (also known as The Truth) is a 2012 action thriller film directed and written by Damian Lee, and produced by Gary Howsam and Bill Marks. The film stars Andy García, Kim Coates, Deborah Kara Unger, Eva Longoria and Forest Whitaker. It premiered at the 2012 Boston Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on ...
Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American political action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. The film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden , leader of the terrorist network Al-Qaeda , after the September 11 attacks .
2012 is a 2009 American epic science fiction disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and Harald Kloser, and stars John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oliver Platt, Thandiwe Newton, [a] Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson.