Wednesday, January 18- 2012 at 10:32
Online community-edited encyclopaedia, Wikipedia has announced it is to shut down its English-language site for 24 hours to seek support against proposed US anti-piracy legislation that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said threatens the future of the internet, Reuters has reported. The US-based portal will be the highest profile name to join a growing campaign starting at midnight Eastern Time on Wednesday that will see it black out its page so that visitors will only see information about the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa).
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