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English Wikipedia blacked-out

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Wikipedia

blacked

out the English Wikipedia for 24 hours, beginning at midnight

January 18. Readers to English Wikipedia during the blackout will not

be able to read the encyclopedia. Instead, you will see messages

intended to raise awareness about SOPA and PIPA, and encouraging you

to share your views with your elected representatives, and via social

media.






These bills are efforts to stop copyright infringement
committed by foreign web sites.






The decision to
black out the site was decided by voting within the Wikipedia

community of writers and editors who manage the free service,

according to a report by Reuters.



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The members of Wikipedia have

been debating and voting about whether the site should participate in

a blackout, which several other Web sites, including Reddit, the

social news site, and BoingBoing, a technology and culture blog, plan

to join. According to a Reuters report.

According to the Reuters news,

on Twitter, Mr. Wales said that Wikipedia would go dark beginning at

midnight Eastern time on Tuesday and remain unavailable until

midnight Eastern time on Wednesday. Visitors who try to reach the

Wikipedia home page will be greeted with information about the bills

and details about how to reach their local representative. Mr. Wales

estimated that the blackout could affect as many as 100 million

people.



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