Social news site Reddit will black out its site for 12 hours on January 18 to protest Stop Online Piracy Act SOPA. Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wale said that his firm may also conduct a protest blackout, though it remains unclear whether the site will join Reddit. SOPA is ostensibly designed to make it easier for U.S. copyright and IP owners to take action against foreign sites. Critics say the bill would lead to a form of Internet censorship, with legitimate sites theoretically running afoul of its provisions.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2130680/reddit-to-go-dark-in-sopa-protest.html