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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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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>
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[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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[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>
    
==References==
 
==References==
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