For more information about PIPA and SOPA, the internet blackout, and useful tips and workarounds, see the web site Lifehacker which is a great source for such things.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sponsoredbythelettert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/acd_600x2601.png\")
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New Scientist posted some ways to get access to Wikipedia today in spite of the blackout. On the one hand, I think they are worth drawing attention to, since some of these would definitely be useful for other sites in other situations where the main original site is not working for some reason. On the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[1684,4312,7760,9185,10087,11595,13722,13858],"class_list":["post-5833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-censorship","tag-hacking","tag-mozilla","tag-pipa","tag-reddit","tag-sopa","tag-wikipedia","tag-workaround"],"yoast_head":"\n
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New Scientist posted some ways to get access to Wikipedia today in spite of the blackout. On the one hand, I think they are worth drawing attention to, since some of these would definitely be useful for other sites in other situations where the main original site is not working for some reason. On the other hand, I wonder about the appropriateness of a workaround that allows one to circumvent a blackout intentionally made in protest<\/a>.<\/p>\n