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- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA abstract "On January 18, 2012, a series of coordinated protests occurred against two proposed laws in the United States Congress—the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). These followed smaller protests in late 2011. Protests were based on concerns that the bills, intended to provide more robust responses to copyright infringement (colloquially known as piracy) arising outside the United States, contained measures that could cause great harm to online freedom of speech, websites, and internet communities. Protesters also argued that there were insufficient safeguards in place to protect sites based upon user-generated content.The move to a formal protest was initiated when some websites, including Reddit and the English Wikipedia, considered temporarily closing their content and redirecting users to a message opposing the proposed legislation. Others, such as Google, Mozilla, and Flickr, soon featured protests against the acts. Some shut completely, while others kept some or all of their content accessible. According to protest organizer Fight for the Future, over 115,000 websites joined the internet protest. In addition to the online protests, there were simultaneous physical demonstrations in several U.S. cities, including New York City, San Francisco and Seattle, and separately during December 2011 a mass boycott of then–supporter Go Daddy. The protests were reported globally.The January protest, initially planned to coincide with the first SOPA hearing of the year, drew publicity and reaction. Days prior to the action, the White House issued a statement that it would "not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global internet." On January 18 itself, more than 8 million people looked up their representative on Wikipedia, 3 million people emailed Congress to express opposition to the bills, more than 1 million messages were sent to Congress through the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a petition at Google recorded over 4.5 million signatures, Twitter recorded at least 2.4 million SOPA-related tweets, and lawmakers collected "more than 14 million names—more than 10 million of them voters—who contacted them to protest" the bills.During and after the January protest, a number of politicians who had previously supported the bills expressed concerns with the proposals in their existing form, while others withdrew their support entirely. Internationally, "scathing" criticism of the bills was voiced from World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, as well as the European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda. Some observers were critical of the tactics used; the Boston Herald described the service withdrawals as evidence of "how very powerful these cyber-bullies can be." Motion Picture Association of America Chairman Chris Dodd stated that the coordinated shutdown was "an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in the marketplace today." Others such as The New York Times saw the protests as "a political coming of age for the tech industry."By January 20, 2012, the political environment regarding both bills had shifted significantly. The bills were removed from further voting, ostensibly to be revised to take into consideration the issues raised, but according to The New York Times probably "shelved" following a "flight away from the bill". Opposers noted the bills had been "indefinitely postponed" but cautioned they were "not dead" and "would return."".
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- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA caption "An example online protest by Google. Google placed a censor bar over their normal logo, which when clicked took visitors to pages with information on SOPA and PIPA.".
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA caption "Google placed a censor bar over their normal logo, which when clicked took visitors to pages with information on SOPA and PIPA.".
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA caption "Many sites, like the Free Software Foundation, blacked out their pages and directly encouraged viewers to take action.".
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA caption "Sites like the Creative Commons provided a black banner and additional information to their visitors.".
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA caption "The Mozilla Foundation's default page was blacked out with links included on to how to contact one's elected representatives.".
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA date "2012-01-18".
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- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA goals "Defeat of SOPA and PIPA legislation".
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- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA leadfigures "Major bill supporters: * Motion Picture Association of America * Recording Industry Association of America * Entertainment Software Association".
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA leadfigures "Notable sites protesting: * Craigslist * Boing Boing * Flickr * Google * Internet Archive * Mozilla * Reddit * Tumblr * Twitter * Wikipedia * Wordpress * xkcd".
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA methods "Online protests, Protests".
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA place "Online and in various locales".
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA result "SOPA and PIPA were defeated".
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- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA subject Category:2012_in_American_politics.
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- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA subject Category:History_of_Wikipedia.
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA subject Category:History_of_the_Internet.
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA subject Category:Internet-based_and_online_protests.
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA subject Category:Internet-related_activism.
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA subject Category:Internet_censorship.
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA subject Category:Politics_and_technology.
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA comment "On January 18, 2012, a series of coordinated protests occurred against two proposed laws in the United States Congress—the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). These followed smaller protests in late 2011.".
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA label "Manifestations contre SOPA et PIPA".
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA label "Protesta contra SOPA y PIPA".
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- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA label "الاحتجاجات على قانوني سوبا وبيبا".
- Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA label "反SOPA和PIPA抗議".
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