Jan 18th, Internet Blackout day, in protest of SOPA/PIPA

Wikipedia, the world’s free online encyclopedia, went dark on Wednesday and other Internet players including Google put black censorship bars on portions of their websites in protest of pending U.S. legislation designed to curb online piracy.

http://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/internet-blackout/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/18/us-internet-protest-idUSTRE80H01U20120118

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/01/this-is-what-an-internet-protest-looks-like/