Walking into work yesterday, I got settled and started my daily routine only to find that this was nearly impossible after I had gone to three different websites that were blocked. I immediately turned to Google to find some answers only to find that the Google logo was blocked out as well. I felt so out of the loop and I had no idea what was going on. I had completely ignored all the articles on this PIPA and SOPA that I had no idea what those acronyms even stood for. After doing some quick reading over some LinkedIn articles I soon became a little bit knowledgable as to what was going on. So to my basic understanding, if the government is able to pass these bills they will be able to basically censor any material that is posted on the Internet. Social media sites such as Pinterest, Tumblr and Reddit posted popups asking users to help prevent the passing of these bills. Tumblr even went as far as blocking out all user information on their site until users promised to call their representative and protest SOPA. Reddit, Mozilla, and Google protested by blocking out their logos. Various other sites such as Craigslist put up full screen block outs that asked users for their help in preventing the passing of these bills and ultimately the end of our freedom on the Internet.
Zuckerberg also posted a Facebook status about his opinions on the subject, within just 18 short minutes he already had 20,000 shares and 50,000 likes.
Imagine the influence he has over his followers? Crazy to think that just within seconds of him posting a status update that thousands of people have already seen it and responded. This might make me think twice about what I post on Facebook! But imagine if we were taken away that right? If we were blocked or banned from posting certain things on Facebook or if we were unable to write anything we feel like writing about in our blog postings? If you would like to be one of millions who are taking actions against these bills or help prevent them from being passed, click here!
