The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Tech

Surely by now you have heard that some sites around the Internet went black  yesterday in protest of SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. Here is a list of some major websites that participated in the protest. [Geek Sugar]

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales spoke to CNN regarding his website going black in protest of the bill. [CNN]

Here is a photo gallery showing what the blacked out sites looked like. There are some pretty cool designs in there. [LA Times]

Results are in: SOPA blackouts led to 10 Senators withdrawing support of the bill. [NY Times]

Support for PIPA is also cracking. 18 Senators are opposing the bill after Internet blackouts. [ars technica]

Were the blackouts an “abuse of power?” [Twitter]