Link: Straw Poll to Blackout English Wikipedia →

Jimmy Wales:

A few months ago, the Italian Wikipedia community made a decision to blank all of Italian Wikipedia for a short period in order to protest a law which would infringe on their editorial independence. The Italian Parliament backed down immediately. As Wikipedians may or may not be aware, a much worse law going under the misleading title of “Stop Online Piracy Act’ is working its way through Congress on a bit of a fast track.

In general, most people are supporting the push for a blackout. It would be pretty powerful to shut down the key source of information for the world.

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