4.5 Million People Signed Google’s Anti-SOPA Petition

January 19, 2012Erik Kain

The internet went dark Wednesday, and D.C. was paying attention. For opponents of SOPA and PIPA, Wednesday’s internet blackout and ‘s was a huge success. Eighteen Senators changed their position on PIPA, reports; and 4.5 million people signed ‘s anti-censorship petition, according to the LA Times. “There’s no need to make American social networks, blogs […]

Erik Kain

Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the editor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.