Several UK internet providers have told their customers not to blame their ISP if several of the online world's most prominent websites (not to mention many smaller ones), such as Wikipedia, Reddit, Internet Archive and Wordpress, suddenly become unavailable today.

The 12 to 24 hour blackout is actually part of a wider protest against the USA's controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which has more than a passing similarity to the equally controversial UK 2010 Digital Economy Act (DEA).


At the time of writing only Wikipedia and Wordpress are semi-offline, although others will soon follow as the USA wakes and even Google plans to run some form of protest via its internet search engine. Go here to find more details about the #SOPASTRIKE (House Bill 3261) or watch this video.