coordinated protests occurred against two proposed laws in the United States Congress—the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). These...
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Stop Online Piracy Act (redirect from 2012 SOPA protest)
American Civil Liberties Union, and Human Rights Watch also opposed the bill. The move to protest against SOPA and PIPA was initiated when Fight for the...
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The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) are two proposed draft laws that were being considered by the United States Congress. Their...
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Fight for the Future (section SOPA and PIPA protests)
New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 4, 2019. "Protests against SOPA and PIPA", Wikipedia, November 11, 2019, retrieved December 4, 2019 Sutter...
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President and Polish Parliament, were shut down by denial of service attacks that started 21 January, akin to protests against SOPA and PIPA that had happened...
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Bullying (category Harassment and bullying)
kind of abuse that helped to fuel the protests against SOPA and PIPA in the United States in 2011 and 2012.[citation needed] In 2000, the UK Ministry of Defence...
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Giant Bomb (redirect from Giant Bomb shows and podcasts)
2011. January 18, 2012, was the Protests against SOPA and PIPA, a collective effort against the Stop Online Piracy Act and PROTECT IP Act. Many websites...
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Network sovereignty (section SOPA-PIPA)
David Levin, and David Post published an article called "Don't Break the Internet." There were several protests against SOPA and PIPA, including a Wikipedia...
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Blackout (section Arts and entertainment)
Media blackout, censorship of news related to a certain topic Protests against SOPA and PIPA, the 2012 web blackout Internet blackout, complete or partial...
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formed following the protests against SOPA and PIPA. It had 30,000 members as of 2013, consisting of organizations, websites, and individuals. The Internet...
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were extensively used as a graphic device in the January 2012 protests against SOPA and PIPA. A drawback of pixelization is that any differences between...
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PROTECT IP Act (redirect from Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011)
2012, widespread online protests against SOPA and PIPA were held that included an English Wikipedia blackout. These protests were initiated when Fight...
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Internet censorship (section Over and under blocking)
occurs in response to or in anticipation of events such as elections, protests, and riots. An example is the increased censorship due to the events of the...
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The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) found broad support from organizations that rely on copyright, including the Motion Picture...
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intent and knowledge to provide indecent materials to children. Protests against SOPA and PIPA, also undertaken to oppose a proposed law. Mitchell, Dan (February...
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OpenGov Foundation (category Political and economic research foundations based in the United States)
out of the 2011–2012 protests against SOPA and PIPA, creating a platform called Madison that allowed the public to directly and effectively engage alongside...
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Power outage – Loss of electric power to an area Protests against SOPA and PIPA – Series of protests from 2011 to 2012 Petersen, Hauke; Baccelli, Emmanuel;...
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FWD.us (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
companies and their leaders had in pushing their agenda to the public, similar to the tactics used for the protests against SOPA and PIPA that were coordinated...
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Professionals' Union opposes SOPA and PIPA Act". Davao Today. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013. "Why we protest the Cybercrime Prevention Act...
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Google opposed the Stop Online Piracy Act by participating in protests against SOPA and PIPA because the company felt an existential threat to its business...
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Mark Kern (section Early life and education)
Kern Explains Why SOPA and PIPA Are Bad for the Videogame Industry". Hollywood Reporter. Parrish, Kevin (January 18, 2012). "SOPA Drama Creates ESA Rival...
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Ron Wyden (redirect from Ron Wyden and the Patriot Act)
"massive protests" in January 2012, Wyden called it a "grassroots victory for the history books." For his role in fighting against SOPA and PIPA, The Daily...
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Media Cloud (category Media analysis organizations and websites)
online stories related to the COICA-SOPA-PIPA debate. The open source application was utilized for the text and link analysis portion of the research...
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Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality (category Internet-based and online protests)
"joining" the protest. AT&T's participation was rejected by the principal organizers of the event. Internet activism Protests against SOPA and PIPA Velasco...
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Entertainment Software Association (category Communications and media organizations based in the United States)
The ESA has initially been a proponent of the proposed anti-piracy SOPA and PIPA legislation, Red 5 Studios CEO Mark Kern founded the League For Gamers...
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Anonymous (hacker group) (section Iranian protests)
2012 Stop Online Piracy Act protests had proved counterproductive. Molly Wood of CNET wrote that "[i]f the SOPA/PIPA protests were the Web's moment of inspiring...
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Internet Slowdown Day (category Internet-based and online protests)
the most popular websites, including Reddit and Wikipedia, went "dark" to protest against SOPA and PIPA, two laws that would give authorities greater...
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Gross, Grant (Jan 18, 2012). "Groups Launch Campaign Against Lawmakers Supporting SOPA, PIPA". PCWorld. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved...
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the English Wikipedia shut down for 24 hours to protest SOPA and PIPA. In the wake of many protests, consideration of the legislation was put on hold...
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of the United States Trade Representative Protect IP Act (PIPA) Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Tariff Trade in Services...
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