Although I depend on Wikipedia for my film history research, I’m a bit leery of any legislation that gives the government control of onlune-content in the name of something else.
The Hill reports Wikipedia will black out on Wednesday to protest two controversial Internet piracy bills, founder Jimmy Wales announced Monday.
"Student warning! Do your homework early. Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday," Wales wrote in a Tweet.
The protest will apply only to the English version of the popular online encyclopedia and will last for 24 hours.
Wales estimated that the English Wikipedia receives about 25 million visits per day, but he said the site could receive even more visits during the blackout due to the publicity.
Wikipedia is the sixth most-visited website in the world, according to Web information company
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Be afraid, be very afraid of a government that wants less free speech.
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