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Greenpeace and Google hit back vs. SOPA ‘censorship’ GMAnews.com January 18, 2012 Environemental watchdog Greenpeace’s Philippine website went dark Wednesday afternoon in protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect-IP Act (PIPA), two pending US bills that the group says threaten to “censor the Internet.” “If SOPA/PIPA become law, sites like Greenpeace.org…

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Greenpeace and Google hit back vs. SOPA ‘censorship’
GMAnews.com
January 18, 2012

Environemental watchdog Greenpeace’s Philippine website went dark Wednesday afternoon in protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect-IP Act (PIPA), two pending US bills that the group says threaten to “censor the Internet.”

“If SOPA/PIPA become law, sites like Greenpeace.org could go dark simply because one of our corporate targets files a claim that its intellectual property rights have been violated. No proof required, no court hearing. Don’t let corporate interests censor the Internet,” it said in its darkened site.