As some of you might know, several websites will be blacking out tomorrow as a protest against SOPA, the "Stop Online Piracy Act," a bill currently under consideration in the US House of Representatives. Although there will be a number of smaller websites shutting down for the day, here's the list of larger websites that are planning shutting down Wednesday, January 18.
- Wikipedia
- Mozilla
- Failblog, rest of the Cheezburger Network
- Boing Boing
As you can see, some of the sites listed receive pretty heavy traffic, especially Wikipedia as it consistently ranks in the top 10 most visited websites on the Internet. The library's staff wanted to make sure that everyone understands the blackout is internet-wide, and not just an issue at Coe. If you want to read more about SOPA and how it could impact your daily life online, here's a great explanation I found: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57329001-281/how-sopa-would-affect-you-faq/.
-Katelyn, Head of Reference
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