Internet Blackout: 7000 Sites Join Wikipedia In Protest

The deadline team, deadline.com
2012-01-18 07:48:25

As many as 7000 websites are participating today in protests of some form or another against the U.S. House Of Representatives' Stop Online Piracy Act a.

Wikipedia's SOPA Blackout Boost Mobile Visits by 14%

Matt Brian, thenextweb.com
2012-01-19 14:18:46

In total, Wikipedia recorded 5.8 million visits on January 18, with an additional one million visitors accessing the mobile website. Given the amount of press around the blackout and numerous articles (including ours) on how to ...

SOPA Sponsor Accuses Wikipedia Of Spreading Misinformation ...

Chris Morran, consumerist.com
2012-01-18 16:15:00

Texas Congressman Lamar Smith, sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act that has moved a number of sites, including Craigslist and Reddit to shut down for the day, accuses the biggest name involved in the blackouts, ...

Wikipedia Will Go Dark Wednesday To Protest SOPA, Censorship ...

Drew Bowling, webpronews.com
2012-01-16 18:25:55

Jimmy Wales founded Wikipedia . You have used it before because it's a helpful tool to learn and if you've learned anything in the past several years your quest.

Android gets an official Wikipedia app | The Verge

Adi Robertson, theverge.com
2012-01-19 17:33:04

After years of being i OS-only, the official Wikipedia app has finally come to Android. Like the i Phone app, the Android one pulls from the mobile site, letting you bookmark pages or search for...

Daily Kos: Wikipedia , many other websites, will blackout tomorrow in ...

(Chris Bowers), dailykos.com
2012-01-17 17:12:02

Wikipedia joins sites like Move On, Reddit, Boing Boing, Mozilla, Word Press, Twit Pic and the ICan Has Cheez Burger network. Google, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr will not be joining the day of protest, however, all have ...

Washington Post, NPR, the Guardian Replace Wikipedia for a Day ...

Lucas Shaw, thewrap.com
2012-01-18 17:43:58

How to cope without everyone's favorite research tool.

Technolog - Wikipedia traffic surged during SOPA blackout

Athima Chansanchai, technolog.msnbc.msn.com
2012-01-19 16:06:42

Despite a self-imposed blackout yesterday to protest SOPA/PIPA, Wikipedia's English language website attracted more traffic on Wednesday than the previous day, and millions learned about the proposed legislation. In the ...

Wikipedia , Google blackout sites to protest SOPA | Privacy Inc ...

Declan Mc Cullagh, news.cnet.com
2012-01-18 05:43:22

Wikipedia has gone offline for 24 hours to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, while Google and Craigslist are also asking users to contact Congress. Read this blog post by Declan Mc Cullagh on Privacy Inc..

Wikipedia's SOPA / PIPA Blackout Seen By 162 Million People ...

Drew Bowling, webpronews.com
2012-01-19 16:18:38

Everybody make it through yesterday's Internet-wide protest? Everyone still in one piece? Good. Now, let's take a moment to consider the aftermath of.

Wikipedia Blackout: Survive with These 12 Alternatives

Christine Erickson, mashable.com
2012-01-18 01:23:49

What are your options sans Wikipedia ? Here are 12+ sites that might help.

Has Wikipedia broken faith with users by going dark? Tech News ...

Mathew Ingram, gigaom.com
2012-01-18 17:34:27

Critics of Wikipedia's decision to shut the encyclopedia down as a protest against U.S. anti-piracy legislation say the site shouldn't be taking an advocacy position on such an issue, but if anything, that decision is a great ...

Surviving the Wikipedia blackout: Mirrors, caches, alternatives, apps ...

Sebastian Anthony, extremetech.com
2012-01-17 18:02:07

Updated January 18 @ 7am: Wikipedia is now blacked out to protest SOPA. It turns out that the Wikipedia Foundation has opted for a soft blackout, meaning that the English-language site is still available you just have to ...

Red Tape - As Google, Wikipedia join protest, SOPA opponents gain ...

Bob Sullivan, redtape.msnbc.msn.com
2012-01-13 23:13:41

On Monday, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales announced that his website will go dark for 24 hours starting at midnight ET Tuesday, following the lead of other high-profile promised blackouts. Reddit.com went black for 12 ...

Wikipedia to Go Dark on Wednesday - Technology - The Atlantic Wire

Dino Grandoni, theatlanticwire.com
2012-01-16 19:05:20

It's been speculated, and now it's confirmed: Wikipedia plans to give its users a (severe) taste of the Internet under SOPA by going offline in protest of the bill on Wednesday.

The One Wikipedia Page You Can Actually Read Today

Adrian Covert, gizmodo.com
2012-01-18 14:52:42

The SOPA Blackout may be spreading across the internet today, which includes Wikipedia . But as Giz comrade Mark Wilson points out, there's one Wiki entry you can actually navigate to: the Stop Online Piracy Act page (DUH ...

What Will You Do Without Wikipedia ?

Todd Olmstead, mashable.com
2012-01-17 23:28:07

With Wikipedia and Reddit set to go dark on Jan. 18, what will you do instead?

Wikipedia Says 'Thank You' to Community | Game Politics

james_fudge, gamepolitics.com
2012-01-19 21:21:20

Wikipedia has posted a thank-you message on its Black Out Page thanking visitors for strongly participating in yesterday's SOPA-PIPA protest. On Wikipedia's SOPA Learn More Page, the site lists a number of interesting ...

How To Access Wikipedia During the Blackout

Stan Schroeder, mashable.com
2012-01-18 14:39:08

Wikipedia is down in protest of SOPA, but there's a couple of workarounds you can use to access Wikipedia's content.

Wikipedia Launches Official Android App

Drew Olanoff, thenextweb.com
2012-01-19 18:05:39

Wikipedia has had an official i OS app for some time now, but was missing a presence on Android. That ends today with the launch of the official Wikipedia app for Android. The app hasn't been in the Android Market very long, ...