1000s Of Websites To Shut Down On Wednesday

WASHINGTON – A campaign aimed at protesting the anti-piracy bills in U.S. congress will have 1000s of website shut down their operation intentionally on Wednesday January 18th.

This is the first ever cyber demonstration by popular websites, such as Wikipedia, who state that the Congress’ internet anti-piracy bills essentially amount to online censorship.

Other sites like Reddit and Boing Boing are also scheduled to black out on Wednesday in protest to the anti-piracy bills, which set off a frenzy on the internet, with the “strike” scheduled to begin Tuesday night.

“If Wikipedia is going down, I’m going down with it,” wrote Twitter user Mariellesmind, who was among thousands that filled the micro-blogging site with panicked, profanity-filled tweets.

“Terrified about the Wikipedia outage,” tweeted Los Angeles resident Chandra Moore. “I was told to use an encyclopedia if I have a question, but I won’t even be able to Wiki what one is.”

Google, Facebook and YouTube has stated they will stay active and not shut down, but the responses from thousands of surfers clearly demonstrate people’s dependence on the internet.

The strike by the popular sites are intended to inform the public about the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act, which aim to crack down on foreign websites that traffic in pirated movies, music and counterfeit goods.

Boing Boing said in a statement: “The proposed legislation creates a punishing Internet censorship regime and exports it to the rest of the world”.

Supporters for the legislations say the online strikes are misguided. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), called the Wikipedia blackout a publicity stunt “that does a disservice to its users by promoting fear instead of facts.”

But the websites aren’t backing down and the first intentionally internet black out of some popular sites will continue on Wednesday as scheduled.

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