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On Blackout day, teach someone how to stop SOPA/PIPA

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Would be great to see a list of sites going dark on this page.

People can add their sites, the dates and a comment.

We need to go on the offensive for internet freedom. Drop me an email if you're interested in helping to organize aggressive political action to support internet freedom legislation and amendments.

Let's move the 50-yard line in our direction.

It is unfortunate that those of us who are not US citizens are going to be negatively affected by the blackout but are unable to take any effective action against SOPA/PIPA.

Unfortunate that it is harder for us to take action, yes. But we are very much affected by SOPA/PIPA anyway and even though I live in Europe going to the English wikipedia (etc.) site during the blackout will only make me smile.

We have our own laws to be afraid of so I certainly wouldn't mind localized versions of wikipedia going down as well, just to raise awareness.

(just taking wikipedia as an example)

Do you know any US citizens? You can certainly encourage any US citizens you know to contact their Reps and Senators.

A large part of my family is going to have no idea what is going on or why large parts of the web are dark. I imagine that will be true for many here.

It would be a good idea to have a form letter we can send to family and friends today that explains what is coming with links to places (like this one) where they can learn more.

Yep, I was explaining it to my girlfriend and to my parents over the weekend. There was almost no understanding there ahead of time. So let's build it.

This doesn't teach anyone how to stop SOPA/PIPA. This teaches them why SOPA/PIPA is bad. If you want to learn how to stop SOPA/PIPA, try this:

http://www.informationdiet.com/blog/read/better-activism-day...

Great idea, once you gain traction, feature some of the people who want to teach others. Glad to see so many startups taking action!

Thanks - great idea about the teachers.

Couple of spelling errors in your footer.

Thanks! I've never been particularly good at spelling. All fixed.

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