Internet Blackout: The final verdict

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 1, 2010

“A spokesperson for the campaign said today that since the start
of the protest on Monday over 1000 sites had joined the protest by
blacking out their sites — showing a protest notification
that those visiting the site had to close. The protest ends
today.

“Five hundred sites had said they would carry the JavaScript for
displaying the message before the week began, but they didn’t all
put the message up at the same time, meaning the protest got off to
a slow start.

“However, gradual growth continued and today over 1000 sites
were displaying the anti-filtering message. The pop-up was also
viewed half a million times by people visiting the blacked-out
websites.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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