. Just learnt that there is a blackout at Wikipedia, when I tried to log in there. Then it was reported that perhaps Google, Facebook, Mozilla, which offers the Firefox Web browser; the Wordpress blogging site; and TwitPic, which allows Twitter users to post images online could have blackout too. This is going to be difficult for us, many users of the internet. ====== * ====== part of article ====== * ====== Other sites, such as Reddit and Boing Boing, have already said they would go dark on Wednesday. And some of the biggest names online, including Google, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, have vocally opposed the proposed legislation, though they have not said they are joining the online blackout. .................. Wikipedia, the sixth most visited site in the world, said its English version will be dark for 24 hours Wednesday (18-January-2012), urging users to contact Congress. Other joiners of the movement include Mozilla, which offers the Firefox Web browser; the Wordpress blogging site; and TwitPic, which allows Twitter users to post images online. ====== * ====== part of article ====== * ====== Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wi...nesday-protest/story?id=15373251#.TxbaJqWn-So .
just disable Javascript in your Browser.. but one note of caution, if you disable it, Yahoo! Mail will not work properly.
Preventing the inevitable. Freedom of whatever versus National Security issues. Good thing it's only in english language (the majority of users anyways).
Little trick that requires some fast fingers and reflexes. For a brief moment once you get to the page, it'll redirect you to the black page that notifies you of the black out. However if you can stop the page by pressing escape before the redirect, you'll be left on the page of interest with your free knowledge!
You can stop the page by pressing escape before the redirect . Thanks Tactim, Your solution is brilliant, and is the easiest one for me to use. .
And of related interest.... [video=youtube;1p-TV4jaCMk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p-TV4jaCMk[/video]
SOPA PIPA Protest Song . I think many are watching this youtube at this moment. I tried to watch it, but it's stopping for 20 seconds, at every 2-second intervals. Eventually, I gave up. .
Save the Internet / Hands off the Internet !!! . I have just been informed; * More than 10 millions signatures * More than 3 millions emails sent * More than 115,000 internet sites have protested. Save the Internet / Hands off the Internet Source: http://sopastrike.com/numbers .
