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Protect IP/ SOPA explained [video]

01/18/2012 By Leave a Comment

As you’re surfing the web today (1/18), you’ll notice that many of your favorite websites, that you visit on a daily basis, are blacking out their sites. The reason they are doing this is to protest the PIPA and SOPA bills that – if passed – would give the government and companies the power to censor the internet.

These bills will allow for the creation of an official internet directory, where only those sites that don’t “infringe on any copyright” will be featured.

If you’re a little unsure of how these bills could affect you, check out this video.

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

A full list of websites participating (and how you can participate) in the protest can be found on SOPA Strike.

Read more at Fight for the Future.

Filed Under: Comunidad
About Nicolle Morales Kern

Nicolle was born in Philadelphia, raised in England and Germany, and lived in Madrid, Spain for a year in college. She has a B.A. in Journalism from Drexel University.

This avid reader and writer seeks to write and create pieces that encourage people to think and question what they already know, but also to show them the lighter side of life.
Her interest in writing and working for Being Latino comes from the desire to explore what being Latino means for her as a German-Panamanian and to explore the depths of the Latino culture.

She has a passion for all things relating to books, food and booze and shares her musings on her personal blog Culture Jaunt, and currently resides in Philadelphia.

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