SAN FRANCISCO: Websites including Reddit, Wikipedia, and Boing Boing darkened their websites on Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the US House of Representatives and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the US Senate.
Companies such as Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr, Mozilla, and Google kept their sites available but expressed opposition to the bills.
After a number of Web giants drew attention to the issue on Wednesday, various prominent legislators in both the House and Senate stepped away ...