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How five websites are protesting SOPA
Five major websites will go dark on Wednesday protesting two Congressional bills, which critics argue could curtail Internet and free speech. If passed, The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate counterpart, the Protect IP Act or PIPA, would allow the US government to seek a court order and even shut down websites that contain content or links to unauthorized copyrighted content. Moreover, advertisers and Internet service providers would be banned from doing business with transgressors.Proponents of the legislation include companies that are trying to protect their copyrights, such as the Motion Picture Association of America, The NBA, Pfizer, Nike, L'Oreal, as well as the US Chamber of Commerce, the Fraternal Order of Police, and the US Conference of Mayors.However, voices of opposition include Internet giants Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter, eBay, Mozilla, and Wikipedia – who say that the proposed laws constitute a First Amendment violation, promote censorship, and harm the democratic flow of information. Check out how five major websites plan to protest SOPA and PIPA:
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Modern Parenthood The Matrix Retold by mom: Her son says he wants suggestions for the next video
The Matrix Retold, with more than 3 million views just two days since it was uploaded to YouTube, is shaking things up for the mom behind it. Online fame isn't easy to understand, but she's really happy the Internet thinks she's funny, her son says.
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USA Update Sunil Tripathi body found; Brown student was misidentified in Boston bombing
Based on photos from the Boston Marathon bombing, social media postings suggested Brown student Sunil Tripathi might be the suspect. Reddit apologized for the 'dangerous speculation.'
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Boston bombings: Can crowdsourcing work in a case like this?
As authorities searched for suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing case, online amateurs used social media and other sites to crowdsource the investigation. But like citizen journalism, 'citizen law-enforcement' has its downsides.
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Horizons Reddit slammed by massive online attack
Reddit, the 'front page of the Internet,' is under a heavy distributed denial-of-service attack today.
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Google Reader to retire on July 1
But not everyone wants Google Reader to fade into the sunset.
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Donkey Kong hack: Dad tweaks game for daughter
Donkey Kong has plenty of virtues, but one glaring flaw: You can only play as Mario, and you have to rescue the helpless damsel. Until a little girl asked her daddy to fix it.
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New Jersey 'sea monster' is likely a lamprey (+video)
Photos of an eel-like creature captured in New Jersey have gone viral, prompting speculations of a 'sea monster.' The animal appears to be a sea lamprey, a type of parasite common in northern Atlantic waters, experts say.
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Surface Pro bashed for battery, storage. Microsoft responds.
Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet is a full-featured machine – and it eats battery life like one, too.
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Tale of 'Bob': Does outsourcing new software pose cyber security risk? (+video)
Many US companies hire foreigners to build new software for their computer networks – a practice that may raise their risk of cyberattack, some experts warn. Even firms that do not outsource software development may find an occasional employee doing it on the sly, as in the case of 'Bob.'
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Aaron Swartz and Motel Caswell: Book ends to prosecutorial reform?
A judge this week dismissed a drug forfeiture case involving a motel owner. The prosecutor, US Attorney Carmen Ortiz, is also facing criticism for her role in the prosecution of Internet hacker Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide earlier this month.
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Aaron Swartz death fuels computer-crime debate
Swartz was only the latest face of a decades-old movement in the computer science world to push more information into the public domain.
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Reddit co-founder, Internet activist, Aaron Swartz, dies at age 26
Aaron Swartz, co-founder of the popular social news site Reddit and creator of RSS feeds, hanged himself in his Brooklyn apartment Friday night. Swartz would have gone on trial in a few weeks on charges of stealing millions of scholarly articles he was attempting to make available to the public.
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Netflix Christmas outage: Amazon to blame
Netflix outage affected customers in the US, Canada, and Latin America.
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Websites go dark: Moment of silence honors Sandy Hook victims
Websites go dark one week after the shooting in Newtown, Conn. A group of tech leaders and celebrities interested in tightening gun laws organized for the websites go to dark at 9:30 a.m.
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'Binders full of women': What's the social media buzz about?
'Binders full of women': Romney used the phrase in answering a question about income equality for women. 'Binders full of women' now has a Twitter hashtag, and at least 20 Facebook accounts.
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Reddit rises as Web's best conversation
Social news site Reddit offers a warren of links, forums, and perspectives – including an interview with President Obama.
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Culture Cafe 'Community' stars Gillian Jacobs and Yvette Nicole Brown talk season four
'Community' stars Gillian Jacobs and Yvette Nicole Brown talk about the show post-Dan Harmon and where newbies should start watching.
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How Democrats keep gate-crashing the GOP convention
Once upon a time, convention week was a chance for the opposing candidate to rest up. That began to change in 2008 – Obama and the Democrats are now running full tilt during the GOP convention.
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Decoder Wire President Obama on Reddit: Just a stunt?
President Obama broke no new ground in his debut appearance on the social forum Reddit, answering 10 questions (of his choosing) and crashing the site. The only surprise was the venue.
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Horizons Betaworks buys social news site Digg, or what's left of it
Digg, one of the first social media sites, was bought on Thursday by development firm Betaworks for $500,000 – a fraction of its value in the late 2000s. Betaworks has a plan to "take Digg back to its startup roots."
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Bullied bus monitor: how she's now in line for $250,000 in donations
Web users who became aware of Monday's bullying of Karen Klein, a bus monitor in upstate New York, have pledged more than $250,000 to give her a nice vacation.
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Horizons Zerg rush! How to unlock the newest Google easter egg (+video)
Google this week unveiled a new 'Zerg rush' easter egg, a tribute to the video game Starcraft.
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'Caine's Arcade': sweet film starring pint-size entrepreneur goes viral (+video)
'Caine's Arcade,' a short film about the innocent determination of a Los Angeles boy who made an entire arcade out of cardboard boxes, has become an Internet sensation.
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Vox News For Rush Limbaugh advertisers, backlash could hit hard in social media age
Rush Limbaugh advertisers, like most of the corporate world, need to carefully cultivate their image on social-media networks. That makes them more sensitive to social-media campaigns.
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The New Economy Rush Limbaugh: If ad boycott expands, can he survive?
Rush Limbaugh's inappropriate comments about a law student has caused at least 19 companies to pull their ads from his show. But his on-air survival probably depends on whether his listeners leave.
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