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gizzlon on Jan 18, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Wikipedia blackout page

Seems like it worked: SOPA got mainstream coverage for the first time in Norway today.

Here's a chart showing mentions of SOPA in Norwegian newspapers: http://was.id.ly/storing/files/sopa_in_newspapers_opoint.png

icebraining on Jan 18, 2012 | [–]

Same here in Portugal[1]. It says "The great protest on the Internet against piracy laws has started" and it mentions the arguments of the opposition.

And it already has a comment saying how to disable the block :P

ibejoeb on Jan 18, 2012 | [–]

I just saw it on MSNBC. This is the first coverage I've seen.

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