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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 ...
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.
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The Associated Press (17 January 2012). "Wikipedia to Go Dark Over Antipiracy Bill". The Wall Street Journal (News Corporation). Archived from the original on January 18, 2012; Sutter, John D. (January 18, 2012). "Why Wikipedia went down at midnight". CNN
The English Wikipedia blackout occurred for 24 hours on January 18–19, 2012. In place of articles (with the exception of those for SOPA and PIPA themselves), the site showed only a message in protest of SOPA and PIPA asking visitors to "Imagine a world without free knowledge." It is estimated in excess of 160 million people saw the banner. [165]
The House and the Senate are working up anti-piracy bills, respectively code-named SOPA and PIPA. If passed in their original forms, these measures would fundamentally change the structure of the ...