SOPA, a bill that gives the US Government the right to force private businesses to block foreign websites that either host copyright infringing material or even link to a website that hosts the material, has strong opposition. Google, the search engine giant, has added itself to the growing list of sites and businesses that will protest the bill tomorrow, along with big internet names like Reddit, Wikipedia, Minecraft, Destructoid, the iCanHazCheezburger family of sites, and Anonymous. Most of these sites will totally be blacking out tomorrow, although understandably, Google will be limiting it's participation to posting a link to a page outlining the companies views on the bill.
"Like many businesses, entrepreneurs and web users, we oppose these bills because there are smart, targeted ways to shut down foreign rogue websites without asking American companies to censor the Internet," a Google spokeswoman told CNET. "So tomorrow we will be joining many other tech companies to highlight this issue on our US home page."
This move, along with other recent developments in the SOPA and PIPA bills, is making to increasingly less likely that the bill will be passed, although The Government has been known to ignore what it's citizens want.
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