Which sites protested sopa

The legislation for the most part is directed at foreign websites dedicated to infringing activities. Think the Pirate Bay, for one, which supports itself with advertising.

Sites ending in. However, the orders to block infringing sites will go to U. The House bill is expected to return next month to the Judiciary Committee for a vote or possibly more testimony. The Senate bill could either go back to committee or it could just be replaced and voted on by the full Senate.

No announcement has been made. These measures are not a partisan issue. SOPA's chief sponsor is Rep. The measure's biggest critics include Sen. Ron Wyden D-Oregon and Reps. He's a dad of two boys and has been a reporter since the manual typewriter days.

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YouTube Instagram Adobe. Kickstarter Tumblr Art Club. Film TV Games. Fortnite Game of Thrones Books. Comics Music. He said in a December House judiciary committee hearing, "We're basically going to reconfigure the Internet and how it's going to work, without bringing in the nerds.

Pipa sponsor Senator Patrick Leahy Democrat, Vermont said in a press release, "Much of what has been claimed about [Pipa] is flatly wrong and seems intended more to stoke fear and concern than to shed light or foster workable solutions. Said Dodd of the broadbased, grassroots internet protest, "It's a dangerous and troubling development when the platforms that serve as gateways to information intentionally skew the facts to incite their users in order to further their corporate interests.

People are really rising up and saying: 'Don't interfere with basic Internet infrastructure. We won't stand for it. As the internet blackout protest progressed 18 January, and despite Dodd's lobbying, legislators began retreating from support for the bills. The internet roared, and the politicians listened , reminiscent of the popular uprising against media consolidation in proposed by then Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell, the son of General Colin Powell.

Information is the currency of democracy, and people will not sit still as moneyed interests try to deny them access. When internet users visited the sixth-most popular website on the planet during the protest blackout, the English-language section of Wikipedia , they found this message:. Right now, the US Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open internet. In a world with fresh, internet-fueled revolutions, it seems that US politicians are getting the message.

Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column.