A year ago today, the web went dark. In protest of SOPA and PIPA, two bills that threatened Internet freedom, a massive wave of people signed petitions, tweeted, wrote articles, called representatives and blacked out websites. And it worked. Several sponsors and senators withdrew their support for the bills, SOPA was tabled and PIPA was postponed. It was an inspired moment, the voice of the people had been heard.
To mark the date, January 18 has been declared Internet Freedom Day. In celebration of the new holiday, the folks at Techdirt put together an infographic illustrating the numbers that were involved in the protest and reminding us that the work is not over.
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Dan Shimoff wrote on 03.17.13, 6:35am:
Hi, we all have to remember that the battle is not over. There are forces who want to censure the internet and hurt freedom of speech, who want to take offline anyone that is not politically correct or agrees to their opinions. We mus stay on the guard!
The fight is not over!
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Hi . Thanks for interesting information . I didn't know that Internet has a freedom Day .
I will remember this and celebrate it every year .