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Health Energy Environment. YouTube Instagram Adobe. Kickstarter Tumblr Art Club. Film TV Games. Fortnite Game of Thrones Books. Comics Music. Filed under: Web Policy. Linkedin Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Wikipedia eclipse. Google today said it would highlight the issue with a link Wednesday on its home page in the U. Supporters range from the Country Music Association to the U. Chamber of Commerce. But the Internet giants say the bills could require your Internet provider to block websites that are involved in digital file sharing.

And search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing could be stopped from linking to them -- antithetical, they say, to the ideal of an open Internet.

Wikipedia, the sixth most visited site in the world, said its English version will be dark for 24 hours Wednesday, urging users to contact Congress. Top Charts. Hot Songs. Billboard Top Videos. Top Articles. However, the orders to block infringing sites will go to U.

The House bill is expected to return next month to the Judiciary Committee for a vote or possibly more testimony. The Senate bill could either go back to committee or it could just be replaced and voted on by the full Senate. No announcement has been made. These measures are not a partisan issue. SOPA's chief sponsor is Rep. The measure's biggest critics include Sen. Ron Wyden D-Oregon and Reps. He's a dad of two boys and has been a reporter since the manual typewriter days.

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