Google Goes Big With Its SOPA/PIPA Protests; Blacks Out Logo

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 01/18/2012 - 00:00

As promised , Google has decided to "go big" with its home page to join Wikipedia, Reddit and others in protesting SOPA/PIPA.

The logo on the home page is blacked out: And clicking the logo takes you to a protest page asking people to "take action" by signing a petition: I'll admit that I'm a little surprised that Google went with a petition rather than driving phone calls to Congress, though the sheer numbers...

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