SOPA/ PIPPA
Posted by LS on January 18th, 2012
What a day today has been.
CNET.com reported that Google will participate by adding a link to its homepage with information about SOPA, but it will not blackout its page or change its prominent logo.
Wikipedia, however, joined the SOPA blackout, reports MSNBC, along with Reddit and MoveOn.org.
This is all in protest of SOPA/PIPA bills… two terms the average consumer still is not familiar with. I thought Pippa was Kate Middleton’s younger sister… guess there are two, does the Queen know?
Mashable.com also recognized this and illustrated an informative way for people who may not be in-the-know can find out, read up and learn more about these bills. I mean, hey, if your computer blacks out for the day… you kind of want to understand why, right? Right.
Read more at mashable.com
“Tutorspree founder Aaron Harris is one of many who can’t articulate the reasons behind the backlash to his satisfaction — but he matches tutors and students for a living. He launched a new website on Tuesday that sets up self-proclaimed SOPA/PIPA experts with people who want to learn more about SOPA and has signed himself up as a student.”
“Anyone who signs up on the “Explain SOPA” website to teach or learn will receive an email on Wednesday with a match’s contact information. As with Tutorspree’s standard service — which hosts about 4,000 tutors of various topics– they can then arrange a private SOPA/PIPA lesson themselves.”