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==Black Out Day==

==Black Out Day==

The popular social news website and forum, Reddit, announced with a week's notice that it would black out its own site from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on January 18th, 2012, to protest SOPA. The site was influential in bringing about the aforementioned boycott of GoDaddy following the [[registrar]]'s momentary support of the legislation.<ref>[http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/01/reddit-black-itself-out-protest-sopa.html Reddit Black Itself Out Protest Sopa, NYmag.com]</ref> Members of the site are trying to convince major websites like [[Google]], [[Amazon]], and Facebook to join in the protest. The move was originally inspired by Wikipedia, who was the first to consider blacking out its services in protest of SOPA.<ref>[http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/google-amazon-twitter-and-facebook-consider-nuclear-blackout/14307?tag=content;siu-container Google, Amazon, Twitter and Facebook consider 'nuclear' blackout, zdnet.com]</ref> [[Tucows]] announced on January 12th that it would be joining Reddit by blacking out its Software Download site for the same block of time.<ref>[http://tucowsinc.com/news/2012/01/why-we-dont-like-sopa/ Why We Don't Like Sopa, tucowsinc.com]</ref> Just a couple of days before the planned blackout, Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales announced that Wikipedia would be joining the protest,<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57359763-93/wikipedia-to-join-web-blackout-protesting-sopa/ Wikipedia to join Web blackout protesting SOPA, cnet.com]</ref> blacking out for a full 24 hours. All content will be redirected to a letter from the Wikipedia community concerning SOPA and [[PIPA]], with a call to action for visitors to call or write the [[U.S. Congress]].<ref>[http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2012/01/wikipedia-anti-sopa-blackout/#axzz1jesEZoYn Wikipedia’s anti-SOPA blackout will go ahead on Wednesday, blogs.ft.com]</ref> Other prominent sites participating by blocking some or all of their content included Wired,<ref>[http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/why-weve-censored-wired-com Why Weve Censored Wired, Wired.com]</ref> Craigslist, Google, Boing Boing, and others.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57360291/google-plans-to-use-home-page-to-protest-sopa/ Google plans to use home page to protest SOPA, cbsnews.com]</ref><ref>[http://boingboing.net/?p=139152 boingboing.net]</ref>

The popular social news website and forum, Reddit, announced with a week's notice that it would black out its own site from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on January 18th, 2012, to protest SOPA. The site was influential in bringing about the aforementioned boycott of GoDaddy following the [[registrar]]'s momentary support of the legislation.<ref>[http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/01/reddit-black-itself-out-protest-sopa.html Reddit Black Itself Out Protest Sopa, NYmag.com]</ref> Members of the site are trying to convince major websites like [[Google]], [[Amazon.com|Amazon]], and Facebook to join in the protest. The move was originally inspired by Wikipedia, who was the first to consider blacking out its services in protest of SOPA.<ref>[http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/google-amazon-twitter-and-facebook-consider-nuclear-blackout/14307?tag=content;siu-container Google, Amazon, Twitter and Facebook consider 'nuclear' blackout, zdnet.com]</ref> [[Tucows]] announced on January 12th that it would be joining Reddit by blacking out its Software Download site for the same block of time.<ref>[http://tucowsinc.com/news/2012/01/why-we-dont-like-sopa/ Why We Don't Like Sopa, tucowsinc.com]</ref> Just a couple of days before the planned blackout, Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales announced that Wikipedia would be joining the protest,<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57359763-93/wikipedia-to-join-web-blackout-protesting-sopa/ Wikipedia to join Web blackout protesting SOPA, cnet.com]</ref> blacking out for a full 24 hours. All content will be redirected to a letter from the Wikipedia community concerning SOPA and [[PIPA]], with a call to action for visitors to call or write the [[U.S. Congress]].<ref>[http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2012/01/wikipedia-anti-sopa-blackout/#axzz1jesEZoYn Wikipedia’s anti-SOPA blackout will go ahead on Wednesday, blogs.ft.com]</ref> Other prominent sites participating by blocking some or all of their content included Wired,<ref>[http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/why-weve-censored-wired-com Why Weve Censored Wired, Wired.com]</ref> Craigslist, Google, Boing Boing, and others.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57360291/google-plans-to-use-home-page-to-protest-sopa/ Google plans to use home page to protest SOPA, cbsnews.com]</ref><ref>[http://boingboing.net/?p=139152 boingboing.net]</ref>

More than 115,000 sites participating, the strike garnered 10 million signatures to various petitions and more than 3 million emails sent to members of Congress.<ref>[http://www.sopastrike.com/numbers SOPA Strike Numbers]</ref>

More than 115,000 sites participating, the strike garnered 10 million signatures to various petitions and more than 3 million emails sent to members of Congress.<ref>[http://www.sopastrike.com/numbers SOPA Strike Numbers]</ref>