January 18, 2012 · Legal milestone
SOPA and PIPA blackout protests (2012)
On January 18, 2012 Wikipedia, Reddit and thousands of sites went dark to protest the SOPA and PIPA copyright bills, which were then shelved.
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- January 18, 2012
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- Legal milestone
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