On the 18th of January 2012, marks the biggest online protest ever made. It aims to put a stop on the Internet censorship bills known as Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA). Websites were encouraged to join and contact the Congress about these pending bills.
Congress is scheduled to pass the bills to the Senate on the 24th of January despite the fact that majority of the Americans opposed these bills. In order to protect the freedom of speech and privacy as well as prosperity, majority of the Americans feel the need to kill the PIPA in the Senate and in the House to stop the SOPA.
There are numerous confirmed participants of the online protest. The search engine giant Google encouraged the users to join the petition against the bills. The Google logo was blacked out on its homepage.
On the other hand, Wikipedia showed its protest on the anti-piracy legislation by blacking out the English version of the website. The website Reddit decided to go dark for 12 hours and displayed materials which were related to SOPA. One of the most popular photo sharing sites Flickr provided the option for its users to darken the photos to show their protest against the two controversial bills.
A lot of individuals joined the protest via Twitter, Facebook and their personal blogs. Some of these people helped to spread links to raise the awareness about SOPA and PIPA while others simply voiced their opinions about the issue.
