Popular internet sites shutdown to protest SOPA and PIPA

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Various popular websites such WordPress, FireFox, Wikipedia, Reddit and Boing Boing, among others, "blacked out" their homepages today as protest against what potential federal legislation seeks to put a stop to online piracy. USA 18th January 2012

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Wikipedia was among the sites that shut down their Internet sites on January 18, 2012.

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Wikipedia was among the sites that shut down their Internet sites on January 18, 2012.

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Reporters Without Borders was among the sites that shut down their Internet sites on January 18, 2012.

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Wikipedia was among the sites that shut down their Internet sites on January 18, 2012.

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WordPress was among the sites that shut down their Internet sites on January 18, 2012.

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WordPress was among the sites that shut down their Internet sites on January 18, 2012.

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WordPress was among the sites that shut down their Internet sites on January 18, 2012.

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