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Wikipedia Blackout January 18: 5 Things to Know About the SOPA, PIPA Protest

Wikipedia will initiate a blackout on Wednesday, Jan. 18, in protest of the anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA. SOPA and PIPA are two Congressional bills meant to halt the illegal copying and sharing of movies and music on the Internet. However, major Internet organizations- such as Wikipedia, Reddit and Boing Boing - claim the bills will hinder their operations and they are ready to protest.
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Paul Ryan and SOPA: Reddit Boosts Opponent Rob Zerban for 2012 Race

Wisconsin Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, has become the target of Redditors over his support of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), after his opponent Rob Zerban took anywhere from five to 10 minutes to respond to an email question regarding his stance on the bill, declaring he would not support the legislation.
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Year in Pictures 2011: Reddit's Top 25 Most Popular Links [PHOTOS]

From stories of Scott Olsen at Occupy Oakland and the riots in Tahrir Square, to a hilarious cache of old photos and LOTR's Eye of Sauron in a glass door's reflection, reddit has broken some of the biggest stories of the year, and given us plenty of hilarity in between. Here, see the top scoring links of 2011 as voted by reddit users.
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SOPA Outrage: Reddit Users Dump Go Daddy

Selfprodigy went so far as proclaiming December 29 as a proposed boycott day for others to transfer domains from Go Daddy in protest of the company's support of SOPA. Wrote selfprodigy on reddit: ... (I am) moving my small businesses 51 domains away from them, as well as my personal domains...I'm suggesting Dec 29th as move your domain away from Go Daddy day because of their support of SOPA. Who's with me?
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NDAA and SOPA Bills Aim to Quash Dissent

The real purpose of the SOPA and NDAA bills is to target Occupy Wall Street, Anonymous and other web-based movements that have fueled revolutionaries both here and abroad.
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KFC Defends Fried Chicken Quality in Response to Reddit Post

A post on social news web site, Reddit, has caused some consumers to question the food quality at Louisville-based fast food chain KFC. I'm never eating in KFC again, an initial post on Reddit stated, including an unsavory image. We contacted KFC to investigate whether there have been claims made in the past about food quality and whether the company has found lungs, kidneys [or] liver mixed in with its chicken products.
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Reddit Complaint has Gamers Steamed Over Damaged Jeep

Telltale Games, a digital publisher responsible for cross-platform episodic series, has been prepping for the Nov. 15 release of Jurassic Park: The Game, but a complaint on Reddit has the online community crying foul and many promising to pass on the game.
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Aaron Swartz Indicted for JSTOR Theft [FULL TEXT]

Harvard computer whiz Aaron Swartz has been indicted by Boston authorities for wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer, aiding and abetting, and criminal forfeiture.

Washington titled 'most socially networked' city

Washington D.C. has emerged on the top of the 'most socially networked' cities of America. Men's Health has put together a list of 100 cities in a study that rates El Paso as the 'least socially networked'.

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