Wikipedia blacks out English site

Wikipedia blacks out English site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo's Higashishimbashi district on Jan. 18, 2012, shows the website of Wikipedia, which began blacking out its English-language site for 24 hours at 12 a.m. (2 p.m. at Japan time) the same day in protest at proposed U.S. legislation to stop online piracy.

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