Today a large number of popular websites have participated in the Internet Blackout used as a protest against SOPA. It seems that while some websites have decided to block their service entirely from the public in order to raise awareness about the SOPA act and in an urgent call to get Americans to act, others have taken a more subtle approach.
For example, websites like reddit, mozilla, imgur, and wikipedia‘s English site have chosen to completely blackout from the public. While wikipedia is easier to get around than others sites like reddit, mozilla, and imgur are pretty much going to leave you empty handed for the day. Google simply blacked out their logo today and provide a direct link on their front page. If you’re visiting Google for the first time today you might have been redirected to the announcement page to contact your local senator. Beyond that they don’t seem to nag you like other sites are doing. Sites like WordPress, php.net, and Google took an elegant, but effective approach to the blackout. They demonstrated their anti-SOPA while still keeping their visitors happy. Sites like Bing and Yahoo, however, don’t seem to have participated in today’s blackout in any noticeable way.
Internet Blackout - SOPA