Monday, January 23, 2012

Protests kill SOPA, PIPA bills, Threatened Internet draws unprecedented support

DU students joined the Internet hacker group Anonymous and other major online companies, including Google, Wikipedia, Facebook and Craigslist, last week in protest of SOPA and PIPA, two controversial bills meant to combat online piracy.
Anonymous hacked into the Department of Justice's website and the websites of other major SOPA/PIPA supporters, causing the websites to go dark last Thursday night.
What would SOPA and PIPA do?
The legislation, known as SOPA in the US House of Representatives and PIPA in the Senate, would use court orders to curb access to foreign.............
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