Dark
Wikipedia has been true to its word and is today (in the English-speaking world) dark, and it’s not alone.
The Wikipedia home page will remain dark for 24 hours in protest against SOPA and PIPA. It would be interesting to see the effect on network communication patterns created by this action, now that one of the most popular sites on the Web is no longer serving data. Meanwhile, Google added a black-out to its logo for US visitors, while WordPress had similar black-outs on its home page. Other popular Web sites are protesting in similar fashion, while the news media have flooded the Internet with SOPA-related commentary.
It’s still early here in Europe. Just wait until they wake up in the USA…
(P.S. If you still want to see Wikipedia during the Dark Phase, hit Esc the moment the page appears.)
Categorised as: Legal and Political, Web