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 11, 2012
Joining the chorus of anti-SOPA companies, WordPress is coming out strongly against internet censorship legislation. As a long-time WordPress user and a huge fan of the platform, this makes me all warm and fuzzy inside: Normally we stay away from from politics here at the official WordPress project — having users from all over the [...]
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