# The message from the Wikipedia Blackout: Please leave the Internet alone — Wikimedia blog

<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/20/the-message-from-the-wikipedia-blackout-please-leave-the-internet-alone/>

- Host: [blog.wikimedia.org](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/blog.wikimedia.org/)
- Saved: January 20, 2012 (2012-01-20T19:44:07Z)
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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

The Wikipedia blackout is over. Our goal was to raise awareness about SOPA and PIPA and to encourage readers to make their voices heard — and we’ve been successful on both counts. More than eight million people used our look-up tool to find their elected representatives, and millions more made their voices heard on social media. Thousands of journalists wrote news stories featuring the Wikipedia blackout screen.

## Facts

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/20/the-message-from-the-wikipedia-blackout-please-leave-the-internet-alone/