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Announcement: Raw Story to go dark on January 18 to protest SOPA/PIPA


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The news doesn't stop. But if Congress passes the Stop Online Piracy Act or the Protect Intellectual Property Act, your access to it could -- and the owners and publisher of Raw Story won't stand for that. In protest of Congress' interest in passing the legislation, Raw Story will join with sites like BoingBoing, Reddit, Wikipedia and IMGUR and black out from 8 am ET until 8 pm ET tomorrow, just to demonstrate what the government could end up doing to Americans in service of corporate interests (and their political donations and lobbying dollars).

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RS Head Editor by Daniel Geery on Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:48:23 AM
In spite of the above, I applaud the RS by Daniel Geery on Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012 at 7:33:35 AM