{"id":257,"date":"2012-01-18T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/sopa-resistance-day\/"},"modified":"2012-01-18T17:51:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T17:51:00","slug":"sopa-resistance-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/sopa-resistance-day\/","title":{"rendered":"SOPA Resistance Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Jan 24th, Congress will vote to pass internet censorship in the Senate, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed. We need to kill the bill &#8211; PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House &#8211; to protect our rights to free speech, privacy, and prosperity. See <a href=\"http:\/\/sopastrike.com\/timeline\">this timeline of SOPA and PIPA events<\/a> and the activist backlash.<\/p>\n<p><b>What can you do?<\/b><\/p>\n<ol><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/37996594423@N01\/6720777149\" style=\"clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SOPA Resistance Day!\" height=\"135\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7007\/6720777149_769fe3f978_m.jpg\" style=\"border: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 240px;\">Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/37996594423@N01\/6720777149\">~C4Chaos<\/a> via Flickr<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<li>If you have a Twitter account, tweet about the #SOPASTRIKE and ask your followers to get ready. You can follow <a href=\"http:\/\/sopastrike.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SopaStrike<\/a> on twitter for news as the strike gets closer. Go to Blackout SOPA to add \u2018STOP SOPA\u2019 to your Twitter image.<\/li>\n<li>Post the SOPA Strike page to your Facebook account by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/sopastrike.com\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Get ready for January 18th! Email and tweet at your friends, tell them to tell everyone about the strike. When the day comes, call Congress, tweet like crazy (#SOPASTRIKE), and help the strike appear everywhere!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>\n<h6 style=\"font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wcma2.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/17\/wcma_strikes_internet-blackout\/\">Stop SOPA\/PIPA Censorship! WCMA Joins the Strike!<\/a> (wcma2.wordpress.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dezengo.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/18\/on-strike-support-against-sopa\/\">On Strike &#8211; Support Against SOPA<\/a> (dezengo.wordpress.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/entertainmentnewsbuzz\/2012\/01\/sopa-blackout-shows-little-hope-of-peace-with-hollywood.html\">SOPA blackout shows little hope of peace with Hollywood<\/a> (latimesblogs.latimes.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2087673\/Wikipedia-blackout-SOPA-PIPA-online-piracy-bills.html?ITO=1490\">Wikipedia blackout over SOPA and PIPA online piracy bills<\/a> (dailymail.co.uk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=408fb5ee-470b-4d2e-8c31-254cec3b7158\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Jan 24th, Congress will vote to pass internet censorship in the Senate, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed. 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