Today, founder of the non-profit behind information archive Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, announced that the site will go dark for 24 hours on Wednesday in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
The tweets that confirms the news are embedded below:
@Frencil Wednesday, midnight Washington DC time for 24 hours
— Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales) January 16, 2012
Student warning!Do your homework early.Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday! #sopa
— Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales) January 16, 2012
via: TheNextWeb
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