The separate bills Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Personal IP Protection Act (PIPA) are separate bills in the House of Representatives and Senate that are, in theory, designed to protect our entertainment industry from pirated content from foreign websites.
However to most people, and the aforementioned sites, it would ultimately harm the Internet, forcing huge site shutdowns and HUGE censorship policies, similar to China.
Currently sites like Reddit and the English-language Wikipedia are blacked until midnight to protest the bills. Additionally, Google has it's logo blackened, leading to a petition that people are encouraged to sign to make sure that the bills don't pass.
Yes, I love America, but when Congress wants to ruin the Internet? Not so much.
A protest against SOPA and PIPA
The Google logo covered
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