Reddit is much more than a link-sharing site. Its efforts as an online community in instigating the anti-SOPA internet blackout were commendable, revealing the power of grassroots online activism in an increasingly social web. So it does strike one as strange and a little bit perplexing that the site hasn’t already banned sexual content relating [...]
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The internet went dark Wednesday, and D.C. was paying attention. For opponents of SOPA and PIPA, Wednesday’s internet blackout and ‘s was a huge success. Eighteen Senators changed their position on PIPA, reports; and 4.5 million people signed ‘s anti-censorship petition, according to the LA Times. “There’s no need to make American social networks, blogs [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 18, 2012
The internet is a strange and mysterious place today. I keep forgetting Wikipedia is down and going over there to look up this or that subject. Then I’m reminded that no, Wikipedia and Reddit and Craigslist and many other sites have gone black to protest the anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA. Over at Wired David [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 18, 2012
Websites across the internet have gone black Wednesday to protest controversial anti-piracy legislation. The Day The Internet Stood Still Ever wonder what the internet would be like if it got angry? That picture above is just a small taste of just what’s going on online today, January 18th, as dozens of websites – including some [...]
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OpenDNS, the world’s largest DNS provider, won’t join in the anti-SOPA blackout that Reddit and Wikipedia are spearheading, but they will join in the protest in another capacity by demonstrating “the near-random methodology SOPA and PIPA propose to determine those websites contributing to piracy, and also what the Internet would look like if their fate [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 17, 2012
Wikipedia, one of the most highly trafficked websites in the world, along with the popular, highly trafficked community Reddit will both go dark Wednesday, January 18th. The sites are blacking out to protest controversial anti-piracy legislation in the House and Senate. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales took to Twitter to talk about the coming blackout. “This [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 14, 2012
Concerns over anti-piracy bills in congress are finally beginning to influence lawmakers. SOPA architect Lamar Smith is, apparently, listening – especially now that the Obama administration is voicing its own concerns over the legislation. In a statement, Smith said he will remove controversial DNS-blocking rules from the bill, though his counterpart in the Senate, Patrick [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 14, 2012
The White House has responded to two anti-SOPA petitions at the White House blog today. “While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response,” the post said, “we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative [...]
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Yesterday Forbes blogger urged Google and Facebook and other opponents of SOPA to bring their servers down in opposition to the SOPA. I agreed – a blackout of major search engines and social media sites would get a big point across and at the very least force the conversation over SOPA/PIPA. Today, Paul is admitting [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 11, 2012
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) showed up at in to issue a stark warning: we’re running out of time to stop legislation aimed at cracking down on copyright infringement. That legislation – the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the Protect IP Act in the Senate – is intended to [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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