Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Extra Muse Wednesday EMERGENCY PROTEST BLACKOUT




Extra Muse


ATTENTION FRIENDS
This Is Important
Wikimedia/Wikipedia Is staging a 24 hour

BLACKOUT
TODAY
in protest of legislation that will severely impede free speech and free inquiry
on the internet
Tell everyone you know
Feel free to email this post to others
READ THIS

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-sopa-blackout-january-18/comment-page-418/#comment-66941

Do Do Something Please

Take Action
If you’re a US citizen
 contact your representative 
Let them know you oppose
SOPA and PIPA
 

Read This Too
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition-tool/response/combating-online-piracy-while-protecting-open-and-innovative-internet

also this informative piece from Rumpus makes things clear and provides
additional links of great value
http://therumpus.net/2012/01/what-about-sopa/comment-page-1/#comment-262208





Thank You





1 comment:

MulticoloredPieces said...

Hi, Michelle. Thank you for this post. Living in a country that just got back its freedom of expression (which is already being threatened), I can assure you that censorship is an ugly thing. And I'm not sure Americans realize how much indirect censorship exists (consider the limited scope/views of TV news). Hopefully, the Wiki folks can wake up the public.
best, nadia