http://betabeat.com Just another WordPress.com site Fri, 24 May 2013 22:21:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://betabeat.com http://betabeat.com/2012/01/the-internet-strikes-back-reddit-going-full-blackout-to-protest-sopa/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:47:03 -0400 http://betabeat.com/2012/01/the-internet-strikes-back-reddit-going-full-blackout-to-protest-sopa/ Adrianne Jeffries http://www.betabeat.com/?p=26373 Reddit is shaping up to be ground zero for the SOPA backlash! After forcing Paul Ryan to come out against SOPA, Reddit is forfeiting ad revenue and risking a massive user backlash with a bold pledge to black out the entire site on Wednesday, Jan. 18 and replace it with a "simple message about how the PIPA/SOPA legislation would shut down sites like reddit." Tumblr pulled a similar move back in November. What will the world do without Reddit? "This is Digg's big chance for a comeback!" Silicon Valley veteran and Laughing Squid founder Scott Beale joshed over Skype.

]]> Reddit is shaping up to be ground zero for the SOPA backlash! After forcing Paul Ryan to come out against SOPA, Reddit is forfeiting ad revenue and risking a massive user backlash with a bold pledge to black out the entire site on Wednesday, Jan. 18 and replace it with a "simple message about how the PIPA/SOPA legislation would shut down sites like reddit." Tumblr pulled a similar move back in November. What will the world do without Reddit? "This is Digg's big chance for a comeback!" Silicon Valley veteran and Laughing Squid founder Scott Beale joshed over Skype.

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