English Wikipedia to go dark Jan 18 over SOPA/PIPA

Tuesday, 17 January 2012, 3:54 pm | Wikimedia Foundation

On January 18, 2012, in an unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. ... More >>