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SOPA/PIPA Blackout Protest Wednesday, January 18th
LifeAfterMormonism.net will be joining thousands of other websites, including Reddit, Wikipedia, and others in going black for a period of time to protest SOPA and PIPA, two bills going through the House and Senate to try and censor websites without court orders. LAM will be down from 8am to 6pm MST on January 18th to participate in this protest. It is hoped that this will raise further awareness and motivate more people to contact their congressional representatives to vote these bills down.
More information about SOPA/PIPA blackout protest:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/wikipedia-blackout-s...
Petition against SOPA/PIPA
http://pol.moveon.org/nointernetcensorship/
I regret that these lengths seem a last recourse to protect the internet as we currently know it. Please consider contacting your representatives in protest of these bills.
Sincerely,
MikeUtah
LAM Founder and Administrator
Tags: Blackout, PIPA, Protest, SOPA
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Permalink Reply by Carol on -
moveon.org is not a trustworthy organization. There are several articles on the Net about their shady dealings.
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Permalink Reply by MikeUtah on -
MoveOn.org is not the only site doing this strike. There are thousands of sites participating. You can get a pretty good list here: http://sopastrike.com/
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Permalink Reply by Kerry on -
President Obama will veto BOTH these according to the news. There also is no chance for over ride of veto.
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Permalink Reply by MikeUtah on
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I hope so. I am pretty sure SOPA is already dead, but PIPA is not, and is essentially the same bill.
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Permalink Reply by theduchess on -
Like he vetoed the NDAA? I would be really happy if he vetoed both, I hope he does.
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Permalink Reply by Cora Judd on -
The senate will bring PIPA to the floor next week and SOPA proponents are expected to revive the debate in early February.
We've lost many freedoms since 9/11 and this would be the biggest one of all. The consequences would be lasting.
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Permalink Reply by Aaron on -
Yay! this whole thing makes me wish that I had a website to protest with.
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Permalink Reply by Jon/"GraciesDaddy" on -
100% in support of you, Micah!
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Permalink Reply by Susan G. Emmett on
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Yea -- great that "we" are participating in this!
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Permalink Reply by Idaho Spud on -
I like that LAM is protesting.
I read that individuals could protest by staying off the net, so that's what I did yesterday. Don't know, but hope it helped.
I thought my congressional representatives would be against PIPA & sopa, but it looks like some are wishy-washy about them, so I'll have to give them my 2 pesos worth.
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Permalink Reply by Idaho Spud on
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Contacted my congressional representatives and gave them my viewpoint. Now patting myself on the back.
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