The Wikipedia 24 hour blackout* and less dramatic Google Doodle* * in response to proposed legislation (SOPA and PIPA) in Congress dealing with proprietary use of the Internet and protection of copyright may be the future of political action. It will be interesting to see which institution, the Internet or Congress, is more powerful.
*http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/wikipedia-blackout-lets-in-some-light/
** http://www.thinkdigit.com/Internet/Google-shows-its-support-for-Blackout-day_8525.html
The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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Re: Politics: Internet the New Forum for Political Action?
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