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Today, many popular websites are going "dark" in protest of Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
The consensus among many experts, Internet users, web companies and even the White House, is that SOPA is too restrictive, too dangerous, too complicated and too big of a threat to our privacy.
In a way, today's blackout shows what the Internet might look if some of the principles in SOPA start being enforced as law. Do you like seeing big "CLOSED" signs on your favorite websites? Neither do we.
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Why SOPA Is Dangerous