Twitter boss slams 'silly' Sopa protest

Courtesy guardian.co.uk Technology  Mon, 01/16/2012 - 17:20

Wikipedia's plans to pull the plug on its website in protest of anti-piracy legislation are 'foolish', according to Twitter's CEO

Wikipedia, one of the world's most popular websites, has confirmed it will "go dark" on Wednesday when the site pulls the plug in a 24-hour protest against highly-contentious US online piracy legislation.

The online encyclopedia is the sixth most popular destination on the internet and attracts 25 million visitors a day.

Starting at midnight on Tuesday the company...

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