Defeat internet censorship

From Fight For The Future:

Tomorrow, January 18th, 2012, will be the largest internet protest in history. Thousands of sites across the internet, including some of the biggest in the world, will be blacking out and directing people to contact Congress to kill the web censorship bill, SOPA and PIPA. We want to get you involved.

Join us on the historic day by blacking out your site. Copy the code below and paste it into the header of your theme (Wordpress users: use the SOPA Strike plugin) to black your site out in protest of SOPA/PIPA. It will activate automatically on Jan. 18th, displaying this page and directing visitors to contact Congress, and will deactivate at the end of the day.



In just 7 days, the Senate will vote on forever altering the free and open internet by instituting a new regime of extra-judicial, corporate-led website takedowns. This is a fundamental fight about who has power in society -- the people with the means to communicate freely or the governments and corporations that feel threatened.

For the full state of play on the censorship bills, take a look at this infographic we've put together. Click here. The clock is ticking, and we're still 35 senators short of the number we need to kill the bill.

From Demand Progress:

SOPA and PIPA are on the ropes, but it's time to throw a knockout punch.

As the web prepares for the biggest protest in its history, we're launching a new campaign at VoteForTheNet.com click here.

Will you sign our pledge to work against candidates who support Internet censorship? Just click above.

VoteForTheNet.com will serve as a hub for electoral activism against SOPA and PIPA, and in support of a free Internet.

Politicians need to understand that they'll feel heat from the voters if they stand against a free Internet and freedom of expression.

Click on the above link to pledge to work against candidates who support Internet censorship.

And please help spread the word by linking back to VoteForTheNet.com and using these links to share it with your friends.

I'm going to be observing this blackout. If the script doesn't work then this blog will be read-only until Thursday Jan. 19. If it does or doesn't work let Congress know that censorship won't be tolerated in a free society.