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Old 17th January 2012, 12:06 PM   #1
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Wikipedia to be closed...

... all day Wednesday Eastern Standard Time, in protest that the US is even considering SOPA and PIPA. It will be simply turning off the English version. There are several other popular social sites following suit.

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/...-SOPA_blackout

I mentioned this in another thread yesterday, but it is buried.
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Old 17th January 2012, 12:42 PM   #2
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There is a thread already:
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=228328
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Old 17th January 2012, 04:45 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by shadron View Post
... all day Wednesday Eastern Standard Time, in protest that the US is even considering SOPA and PIPA. It will be simply turning off the English version. There are several other popular social sites following suit.

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/...-SOPA_blackout

I mentioned this in another thread yesterday, but it is buried.
Well there’s always Metapedia.
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