The Internet Is Not Freaking Out About the SOPA Sequel
Over <a href="http://anonyops.com/cispablackout/othersites.php">200 sites</a> are participating in today's Internet shutdown to protest the cyber-security bill Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/cispa-passes-u-s-house-death-of-the-fourth-amendment-7000014205/">which the House of Representatives passed last week</a>. But, the big names that showed up to last year's<a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/01/surprises-wikipedia-blackout/47553/"> nearly Internet-wide protest of SOPA</a>—like Wikipedia and <em>Wired</em>—haven't shut down their sites this time.
by Rebecca Greenfield
Apr 22, 2013
2 minutes
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Over are participating in today's Internet shutdown to protest the cyber-security bill Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), . But, the big names that showed up to last year's—like Wikipedia and —haven't shut down their sites this time, even though opponents argue this bill . " is the ugly fusion of SOPA and PIPA today, to underscore that very point. The are very loud, but they don't have the ubiquity or scale of that last round of online protests.
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