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Tiny Foxconn Protest Storms Apple Store

9:15AM Yesterday | Sam Biddle

There was supposed to be a protest at Apple’s monstrous architectural annex in New York’s Grand Central Station today. If you weren’t looking for it, you’d would’ve only seen the usual commuter hell. But the protestors showed up. Four of them. More »


Online

PIPA Support Collapses

12:00AM January 20, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Yesterday was, it turns out, a good day: so far, 18 senators previously in favour of PIPA now oppose it, seven of whom were former co-sponsors of the act. More »


Online

SOPA Rage Spills Into The Streets Of New York

2:30PM January 19, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Something rare happened today in New York. Not breasts bared at an Apple store. Not a train arriving on time. No — the city’s nerds (myself included) took arses out of chairs to get angry about SOPA. Finally. More »


Online

Rant: SOPA And PIPA Are The Internet’s Own Damn Fault

1:30PM January 19, 2012 | Mat Honan

Lots of sites are protesting SOPA today by going dark. Turning your website black is cute and even attention-grabbing. But the only way SOPA dies is if the internet industry starts lobbying just as hard as the entertainment industry. More »


Geek Out

The Day The LOLcats Died: The Ultimate SOPA Protest Song

5:00AM January 19, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

There are many ways to stand up to SOPA. Websites like Wikipedia and BoingBoing are dark, there’s a rally in New York, and people everywhere are signing petitions and contacting their senators. My favourite method, though? A protest song to the tune of Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’. More »


Online

Follow All The Idiots Confused By Wikipedia’s Blackout In One Place

4:55AM January 19, 2012 | Sam Biddle

OMG why is wiki down?? How will I do my homework? WTF is this??? JESSIE have u seen this?? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN THE WAR OF 1812 STARTED OR WHY OR WHAT IT IS?? I’m angry on Twitter. More »


Online

This Is What An Internet Protest Looks Like

4:45AM January 19, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Today, taking a break from hurling racist slurs and GIFs at one another, the internet is taking a symbolic stand against SOPA and PIPA — two awful laws that would ruin the web. Behold the blackout rebellion. More »


Online

Mark Zuckerberg Comes Out Against SOPA

4:40AM January 19, 2012 | Mat Honan

The drumbeat of heavy-hitting internet companies that have come out against SOPA and PIPA continues to pound. Facebook founder and amateur butcher Mark Zuckerberg just came out against the bill, with a post on Facebook. More »


Online

PIPA Co-Sponsor Abandons His Awful Bill

3:47AM January 19, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Senator Marco Rubio has had a change of conscience. The legislation abomination known as PIPA, birthed in part from Rubio’s Floridian law-womb, just officially lost his support. Keep up the pressure, everyone. More »


Online

The One Wikipedia Page You Can Read Today

1:52AM January 19, 2012 | Adrian Covert

The SOPA Blackout may be spreading across the internet today, which includes Wikipedia. But as Giz comrade Mark Wilson points out, there’s one Wiki entry you can actually navigate to: the Stop Online Piracy Act page (DUH!). More »