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==Blackout Protest==
==Blackout Protest==
On January 18, 2012 more than 115,000 websites participated in the 12 hour blackout protest against PIPA and SOPA, which was initiated by [[Wikipedia]], [[Google]], [[Reddit]] and many other giant tech companies.<ref>[http://www.sopastrike.com/numbers The January 18 Blackout Strike]</ref> During the blackout, the websites went dark, provided information or link about the two legislation. <ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/17/wikipedia-blackout_n_1212096.html?ref=technology#s618767&title=Wikipedia Wikipedia Blackout: 11 Huge Sites Protest SOPA, PIPA On January 18]</ref> <ref>[http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/stopped-they-must-be-on-this-all.html Stopped they must be; on this all depends]</ref>
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