The Wikipedia community has spoken. A 24-hour anti-SOPA blackout protest will begin on Wednesday, January 18 at 5pm Western European Time (WET). During this 24-hour period, English language Wikipedia articles will be unavailable globally - a unprecedented move never before seen in the crowd-sourced encyclopedia's 11-year history.
Ben Huh, best known as CEO of Cheezburger, has publicly called for Wikipedia to join Cheezburger and Reddit in their 12-hour SOPA blackout protest next Wednesday.
Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organisation behind Wikipedia, the world's largest encyclopedia, has managed to reach its fundraising target of $20 million, ensuring the survival of the collaborative knowledge source through 2012.
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