Web Protest a Success

Written by Pat's Papers | Thursday, 19 January 2012 8:16 AM


Looks like I wasn’t the only one who realized how much they depend on Wikipedia. The San Jose Mercury News says yesterday’s historic Web protests were effective in slowing down the SOPA legislation winding its way through Congress. Some key politicians backed away from the bill, including Florida Sen. Mark Rubio, who was one of its co-sponsors.

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News

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