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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. The blackout protest was first initiated by [[Reddit]], which was supported by other tech company giants such as Google, Wikipedia, Facebook, AOL etc. During the blackout, the websites went dark, provided information or link about the two legislation. <ref>
On January 18, 2012 more than 115,000 websites participated in the 12 hour blackout protest against PIPA and SOPA. The blackout protest was first initiated by [[Reddit]], which was supported by other tech company giants such as Google and Wikipedia. During the blackout, the websites went dark or provided information or link about the two legislation. <ref>
[http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/stopped-they-must-be-on-this-all.html Stopped they must be; on this all depends]</ref> <ref>[http://www.sopastrike.com/numbers The January 18 Blackout Strike]</ref>
[http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/stopped-they-must-be-on-this-all.html Stopped they must be; on this all depends]</ref> <ref>[http://www.sopastrike.com/numbers The January 18 Blackout Strike]</ref>
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