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The SOPA/PIPA blackout today by Wikipedia, Mozilla, WordPress.com and many other sites is (I hope) drawing attention to proposed legislation that is considered a threat to "Internet freedom."

Today, founder of the non-profit behind information archive Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, announced that the site will go dark for 24 hours on Wednesday in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Student warning!Do your

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

by Eyder Peralta At midnight, the English-speaking world will have gone 24-hours without Wikipedia. In some ways, the outage, which was planned in protest of an Internet piracy bill, presented an opportunity to gauge what Wikipedia means to the world.

By Patrick May This screen shot shows the blacked-out Wikipedia website, announcing a 24-hour protest against proposed legislation in the US Congress, intended to protect intellectual property that critics say could facilitate censorship,

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

By Olivia Wilmsen – email (SIOUX CITY, IA) If we want to know a quick fact about an event, historical figure or even celebrity, lots of us turn to Wikipedia. But, many of the Internet's biggest websites took themselves offline Wednesday in protest.

Those wondering how to get around the Wikipedia SOPA blackout can breathe a little easier: the crowd-sourced encyclopedia is still available through mobile versions, disabling Javascript or translating another language's

Those wondering how to get around the Wikipedia SOPA blackout can breathe a little easier: the crowd-sourced encyclopedia is still available through mobile versions, disabling Javascript or translating another language's

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

As usual, the first item offered was his Wikipedia entry. But after a few seconds, the Rembrandt page dissolved into a darkened screen with a big W and an explanation I was too thrilled to read at that moment. Wikipedia offline? Wikipedia offline!

Click here Wikipedia blacks out site to protest US bills Published: January 18, 2012 7:13 AM By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wikipedia is blocking visitors from its English-language articles and Google has blacked out the logo on its home page as they join

By Brian Donohue/The Star-Ledger With Wikipedia blacked out to protest the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) today we here at the Star-Ledger figure there are many of you out there desperate for help with questions

Wikpedia will be going offline to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Wednesday, according to Co-Founder Jimmy Wales.