Website founder Jimmy Wales calls for 'public uprising' against Sopa, the proposed US internet piracy laws
Millions of students, fact hunters and general knowledge buffs are set to receive a shockon Wednesday when the digital encyclopaedia Wikipedia shuts down for 24 hours in protest at internet piracy laws being considered by US legislators.
Jimmy Wales, the founder of the world's fifth most popular website, is instituting a global "day of darkness" for the English-language version of Wikipedia, which...
Wikipedia blackout pushes traffic to mobile site
Visits to Wikipedia's mobile version of its website rose by more than 1m on Wednesday after blackout in protest at US anti-piracy billsWikipedia saw a surge in UK traffic to its mobile...
Twitter boss slams 'silly' Sopa protest
Wikipedia's plans to pull the plug on its website in protest of anti-piracy legislation are 'foolish', according to Twitter's CEOWikipedia, one of the world's most popular websites, has...
SOPA / PIPA Co-Sponsors Drop Like Flies As Millions...
While all the PIPA and SOPA protests are still ongoing, the first statistics coming in are truly impressive. By 3pm Washington time millions of people had already voiced their concerns....
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