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Agreed, this is a very poor showing of support from major websites. I remember Wikipedia doing a "black out" day, along with several other websites years back.
by chiefofgxbxl 9y ago
Agreed, this is a very poor showing of support from major websites.
I remember Wikipedia doing a "black out" day, along with several other websites years back. If you visited the web page, all you saw was a black page and a quick explanation that the web could be censored if legislation were to pass.
I've visited several participants' sites to see nothing. GitHub didn't have a single thing, Wikipedia: nothing, and Google (or Alphabet) isn't even listed on the list of participants [0].
[0] https://www.battleforthenet.com/july12/#participants https://www.battleforthenet.com/july12/#participants
- marksomnian 9y agoThe Wikipedia community seems to have a strong dislike [0][1][2] for anything like the SOPA blackout, partially as it's not as black-and-white as SOPA, and partially because Wikipedia directly wouldn't be affected (their site is pretty fast). Worth noting that Wikipedia Zero [3] exists, and has been taking flak for not being the most NN-friendly initiative. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_162#Net_neutrality_maybe_in_great_danger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_140#Is_anything_happening_with_Wikipedia_in_relation_to_the_July_12_Net_Neutrality_day_of_action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(propos... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_139#Wikipedia_and_Net_Neutrality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(propos... [3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/11/25/wikipedias-complicated-relationship-with-net-neutrality/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/11/25...