Google will join SOPA / PIPA protest. Using their popular home page as a bearer of bad news, Google will join in the protests along side Wikipedia, Reddit and thousands of other websites tomorrow, January 18th. While Google will not be performing a full blackout like many others, they will be using their home page to protest the proposed bills.
Google will Protest SOPA Using Popular Home Page (via censorus)
Stopped they must be; on this all depends. Reddit announces a site-wide blackout planned for January 18th to raise awareness of the dangers that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA, in the House) and Protect IP Act (PIPA, in the Senate) pose on the Internet as Americans know it.
We’re as addicted to reddit as the rest of you. Many of you stand with us against PIPA/SOPA, but we know support for a blackout isn’t unanimous. We’re not taking this action lightly. We wouldn’t do this if we didn’t believe this legislation and the forces behind it were a serious threat to reddit and the Internet as we know it. Blacking out reddit is a hard choice, but we feel focusing on a day of action is the best way we can amplify the voice of the community.
Here’s to hoping that other major online corportations, such as Google and Facebook, take note and promote awareness of these proposed bills.
