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Users of the internet, attempting to look up information from the world’s most popular online encyclopedia, will find they can only view their search results for a few seconds today, before their screens are blacked out. Wikipedia pages now read the slogan: “Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge.” It goes on to read, “Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet.” Urging users to contact their representatives, Wikipedia has joined thousands of other prominent websites in a 24 hour black0ut to protest the House bill, Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, and the accompanying Senate bill, Protect IP Act, or PIPA. Google has joined the protest with a black banner over its logo, and a link saying, “Tell Congress: Please don’t censor the web!” Craigslist.org has blacked out its front page saying “Corporate paymasters, keep those clammy hands off the internet!” Today’s internet protest is considered “the largest online protest in US history.” The Senate will begin voting on PIPA on January 24th.

GUEST: Holmes Wilson, co-founder of Fight for the Future, an advocacy organization against internet censorship

Listen to our earlier interview with Holmes Wilson on why SOPA and PIPA are dangerous by clicking here.

Find out more about the Stop Online Piracy Act at www.fightforthefuture.org and www.americancensorship.org.